First off congratulations on your choice to quit, you have to want to quit to make it happen that is for sure. I too dipped for about 10 years, cant tell you how many times I "tried" to quit, only I never really tried very hard.

December 24th 2004 my then 2 yr old son was diagnosed with leukemia, after seeing all that he went through that first week in the hospital (and still goes through) I vowed to quit and have not touched it since. It sure isn't worth the risk to me anymore.

To be totally honest with you the hardest part about quiting for me was not having something in my mouth, after about 2-3 days the nicotine craving was gone, but the craving to have something in my mouth continues to this day. I suppose that is mostly a psychological thing, but it sure is a strong craving to have to overcome.

Good luck, I am sure that you can do it.