Hell yeah, welcome aboard Makai! Regarding the "associations", it's tough. Nicotine addiction has several side effects such as, foginess, irritability, memory loss, but to me the worst one is the lack of ambition. Our ambition is severely hampered because we are no longer rewarded. As addicts, we reward ourselves during, after, and before completing a task by giving ourselves a dip. If that is taken away, why should we even bother? This can often lead to depression. During day 40-70 this really got to me. Then someone posted this video, (
http://youtu.be/dqFGfy6yvig ) and it made sense. I knew that I had to experience everything I had once associated nicotine with over and over again until the association was gone before I could feel completely normal. Quit on brother, we're here to help.