Dphelps,
You have come to the right place sir. At 22 you are making a wise choice and I commend you for that. I wish I would have been that smart at 22 years of age. With that said, you are an addict to Nicotine just like the rest of us here at KTC and as such it doesn't matter how you ingest it, smoke, dip, gum, patches etc.....you need to get free of the bitch.
We have a simple plan here at KTC that never fails if you follow it. Post roll every damn day making the promise to not use nicotine in any form for 24 hours. Keep you word to us and yourself and then do it again the next day. If you do this, you will never use again because unless your word is shit then you cannot fail. You will be in the November group, so if you quit, post your day 1 and get started.
The first 3-5 days will SUCK and that is what we actually call that period of time. "The SUCK" and you will be in a fog as your body jettisons the poison from your body and the nicotine whore tries to keep you in her bed. Just remember, you do not need her and that period of time you are cleansing your body, she will fight hard to keep you a slave to her ways. Don't let her and remember how much she sucks so you don't go through it again. Stay close to KTC and read everything you can on here, it helps for the first few weeks especially. Also get to know the folks in your quit group, exchange some digits and such, it helps to have accountability.
Welcome aboard Marine and thanks for your service, now lets get to quitting.....Quit with you today.