• Nicotine addicts us through the brain's domamine pathway.  Dopamine is the brain's "feel good" chemical.
• Pulling the plug on the aritifical addictive dopamine may lead to some readjusment....
• The only thing that sort of helps quitting is an antidepressant......
• weather the addiction caused the depression, or the other way (and people also get depressed at the holidays, or just in winter...) depression is a medical problem, and can be treated medically.

But there is also a stage where you've been successful for about a month or so... but get so tired of the battle.  Your armor is dented and your sword is notched from slaying all those triggers and temptations.   You are tired and sweaty and it almost seems you cant raise your sword for one more battle.   Let me point something out:

You are WINNING!

Tell yourself that!  You are not yet to where you become a "comfortable" ex-smoker, but you are well on your way!   On the Freedom boards let me recommend

Both will let you see people who have been where you are, and are now past that point.  They are no different from you: just further along.

And remember: YOU ARE WINNING!

YQB BillW Three years, ten months, two weeks, one day. 42449 cigarettes not smoked, saving $8,383.80. Life saved: 21 weeks, 9 hours, 25 minutes.