The chew door is SHUT!!!! Every morning I am reaffirming that and promising to keep it that way. For me closing the door helps deal with any craving, because there just is no option, pop in a fake one, and deal with it. Theres no arguing, or bargaining with my self this way, Its just not going to happen, period. 18 days now so yeah, I have some confidence, but thanks to this site and experiences stopping on my own (too many to remember) I have the key ingredient or knowledge I should say. And that is beware of overconfidence, or complacency.
I still have not had a drink so its been 7 days. My wife and I were going to hike to some waterfalls this weekend, I was feeling all good about getting healthy and in shape again and them WHAM, sore throat followed by head cold from Hell!! Isn't life ironic some times, probably just coincidence, but damn I had some good momentum going and needed that weekend out. O well, theres always a lesson to learn, maybe I need patience right now.