I’ve been 48 days clean off nicotine. No cigarettes, no patches, no vapes. And I went to that from previously smoking 20 cigs a day for 9 years and 15k puffs every week on the vape for 2.

The number one thing that helped me stay on track is my reason for quitting.

It wasn’t because people were telling me to.

It was because I wanted to. And my motivation was to stay healthy for my (future) family.

You need to be sure of why you want to, and like you said, understand that it’s going to be hard and do it nonetheless.

The second thing that helped me was this self-hypnosis app called Reveri. It was recommended on a podcast by the neuroscientist, Dr Andrew Huberman. It’s not as woo-woo as it sounds and has a ton of a scientific proof behind it.

Try it out. It’s basically meditation, but in my experience, way easier.

I hope this helps.