So hard to get past 3 days

Now that's a question, and maybe here's a common starting point for most of us; overcoming an addiction to nicotine that might be decades old isn't likely to happen in a week. From that fact everyone pretty much has to find their own workable path and that's the value of this forum; so many quit paths are shared, and one particular path - or a part of it, perhaps mixed with parts of others - might well work for someone else. I set my quit day as the Friday I flew down to Brissy to stay with a mate and his family for 10 days over New Year. They're non smokers, as are the vast majority of their family and friends. For me, that was the environment I needed to get my quit journey underway - although equiped with a 72 pack of 4mgm nicotine lozenges which have helped me a lot. That gave me time to work on the mental attitude, which I gained insight into through suggestions on this forum. I don't think of myself as a smoker who can't have a cigarette because I'm trying to quit, or even as an ex smoker. I simply don't smoke (not even smoke any more) and that's it. There are still times (I'm only in day 23) when that mental attitude gets hard to maintain so I return to this forum, admit I'm struggling, and back come more supportive comments than I could have ever hoped for. Finding the right path that works for each individual isn't easy, but it is possible and you can do it.