My doctor says nicotine is the MOST ADDICTING SUBSTANCE ON EARTH.

So don't be too hard on yourself.

Are the patches really working? I would question that!

What helped me tremendously was cups of herbal tea with a big heaping teaspoon of ROSEMARY in it. It does nice fizzy things to my brain. Be sure to inhale the aroma: sage "smudging" was another technique that helped me get over the cigs.

Remember that nicotine has definite neurological effects; that's why we crave it. But once it's over; it's over, and our brains adjust. One of the things my husband discovered is that he smoked because cigs gave him a "filter" that let him screen out too much stimuli: a side effect of his illness, CFIDS, is a "broken filter." So come up with other ways to filter, and you can cope with the cravings, better.

Best of luck!