I find that if I treat it a bit like alcoholism (I will always be an alcoholic, I'm just clean now), it helps.
Good to have you join us. 12 days, you have a great quit going! I just wanted to clarify the above statement.
Once and Addict, you will always be an addict. However, quiting nicotine, you're addicted mindset will destroy you and your quit if you think in terms of a week, a year, 5 years or the rest of your life. Hell don't even worry about tomorrow. You only focus on staying quit today.
It is true that your body and mind will never need nicotine again. Never did. Your addicted mind tricks you into thinking that's implossible. Some day, some time, somewhere, you will probably cave is what happens if you think past today.
Trick your mind back. You haven't promised to be quit tomorrow. Tomorrow is too far away to be concerned with. I promised to quit today and I will be a man of my word today. Any addict can keep a 24 hour promise.
When tomorrow becomes today, well you post roll and repeat. Only quit on Today's and you never promised you would quit tomorrow.
Make sense?
So the roll is the promise you make to fellow quitters. They quit for you and will keep their word and you quit for them and can't let them down. Everyone battles together and supports the quitter. Team play with individual effort is what helps addicts recover from the impacts of nicotine.