Donna, whether it's nicoteine w/drawal, TOM or other, the best thing to do is get some protein in you ASAP. Keeping blood sugar stablized and insulin from spiking will help with your cravings. Excess protein can and will be converted to glucose to help w/o causing such a rise in insulin. What you could be jonesing for is the serotonin produced by the carbs; protein will take care of this.

Keep lots of these LC protein rich snacks handy and don't forget your water!

The physical symptoms of cig w/drawal usually last about 5 - 7 days, breaking the habit takes longer. The patch will help; it's doing wonders for my 2 pack a day boyfriend.

Hang in there
Nat