TinglingTess,

When I quit, the biological/chemical symptoms were over after 3 days. I remained edgy for another week - perhaps 10 days; light sleeping, jumpy - that kind of thing. I found getting tipsy in the evening helped me for the first week.

Alassë's right about the hands, mine drifted up to my shirt pocket for the pack whenever I began sipping my coffee; the two behaviors had been one for many years. It was the psychological patterns which almost had me smoking again - several times.

Be on guard. It was not easy for me.

Good luck!

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Eudaimonia