Last Weekend

It's Saturday (9am) and the start of my last weekend with cigarettes. I've tried to cut back as much as possible but I still think this QUIT is going to be difficult.
I went out to eat with friends last night and instead of going outside for a cigarette, I reached into my purse for a piece of nicotine gum and it starved off the craving.
I'm sitting here this morning with my coffee wanting a cigarette and doing my best to say no. I must admit saying no is easier now than it was just a week ago and I'm sure hoping that it will keep improving. One of my friends is a Psychiatrist that specializes in addictions, we haven't seen or talked in awhile and she was very pleased I was quitting and said she has prescribed Chantix many times to patients and it has worked in all but one case in which the nausea was too bad for this woman to continue. I guess I'm fortunate, I haven't had any nausea yet but I also try to take my medication with food in my stomach.
I'm wondering if the help for the cravings is better with the 2mg tablets.
Although I'm able to smoke at this point, I'm really trying to space them out long enough to have no more than 7-8 a day, there are times when I really want to smoke. If I can get myself occupied with something then it seems easier to just continue doing what I'm doing instead of stopping for a smoke.