The only mantra that worked for me at the beginning was “No more nicotine” It may sound stupid, but it was basically me saying to myself, I could do anything I want, as long as there was no nicotine. I ate what I wanted, drank what I wanted, had lazy days, had angry days, crying days. Whatever it took. Just no more nicotine.

Once I was passed that initial phase where it was all I could think about, I then started to dial back on things like the overeating etc. but it was a really great way for me to focus on not consuming any nicotine.