Let's see, things that helped me the first couple of weeks. First, keep some kind of a journal that you can look back on. Record why you quit on the first page. Then, record feelings, what helped, triggers, what you are going through as frequently as you have something to add. I've found it to be invaluable because we tend to forget bad things and remember good things. How many women here have more than 1 child? A very good example of how our minds work. I am still keeping a journal. I look back at the beginning sometimes for reinforcement of my quit, why I'm doing it and what I've gone through that I never want to have to do again.
I used deep breathing the most, some sugarless hard candy, and sugarless chewing gum. I told my family that I was working very hard at doing this and they needed to work very hard, as well. I told them if I snapped at them, instead of coming back at me every time, maybe only do it every other time. I let them know what made me feel good when they did it/said it. For me, I just liked to hear that I was doing great.
The main thing that got me through the first couple of weeks was just knowing that it would get better. I knew this from others who have gone before me. Places like this forum told me that it would only get better. All I had to do was not take that first puff. If I took that first puff, I knew I was doomed! No 'just one' as a reward because I was doing so well. Instead, I took a relaxing warm bath with a good book as a reward.
I was tired a lot so I rested when I could and went to bed earlier than I have in a long time. I gave myself permission to kind of take a vacation. My husband helped with making sure there were dinners (mostly fast food but the kids loved that!), he took over dealing with the kids when he walked in at night, he tried (most of the time) not to roll his eyes at me when I was crying hysterically over something he felt was not that big, he brought me my favorite takeout pizza at 1 week and 2 weeks. He made sure that I was stocked up on candy, gum, bottled water .. I don't think that I've yet had to tell him that any of those are getting low. I started Pilates to help me relax and I started low impact aerobics to burn off restless energy or when I got angry and couldn't leave. I bought DVD's of