To all the newbies who are active or lurking, I can tell you that quitting smoking is definitely something you can do and it is worth the early struggles.
I quit after roughly 20 years as a smoker, and the last few years of my smoking life was spent struggling with short quits, trying to cut down, relapsing, etc. What helped me was joining a site like this and reaching out for support and reading about others' experiences in their quits.
I also tried to take it one week, day, hour, minute at a time.....whatever it took. Don't worry about craves that might happen a day or two from now. Just focus on pushing through and defeating any craves that you may be currently experiencing.. Each crave you fight through makes your quit stronger.
Quitting smoking is very doable and I encourage anyone who wants to quit to take the leap. It is worth it.