Manta lady, it's not easy, but once you get used to just sitting through the cravings till they pass, it's not as scary as you think it will be. In a few hours I will have 4 days and this 4th day, the cravings haven't been half as fierce. I get around the hand to mouth comfort habit by "smoking" a pencil As the actual nicotine withdrawals seem to be rapidly wearing off, I'll wean myself off the pencil today 🙂