What's the best way to quit smoking?!

What's the best way to quit smoking?

I love the stimulant effects of smoking. But I seriously need to quit. Coffee has similar effects but I can't be drinking coffee all the time and if I drink coffee I'd think of smoking cos it works best hand in hand. I just need a substitute for the nicotine and I don't want to use the patch or chew the gum, I just need to be constantly stimulated - and I don't mean sexually, please. My mind has been depending on nicotine for 13 years. I forgot how it's like not smoking. How do non-smokers do it, really.

To tell you the truth, I just quit cold turkey. It was hard, but if you have a strong will power to not want to smoke you can do it! It's all in your head, seriously! I had smoked for 5 years, and my b/f smoked for about 8 or 9 years. We both quit together. It's been about 3 or 4 years since I have quit.
For my b/f it seemed easier for him than me, or at least he made it seem like it. Me, well I had dreams of smoking cigs. I would end up with a cig in my hand in the dream, half smoked and be like oh no I am not suppose to be smoking. Or I would be like just one more cig my b/f doesn't have to know. Those dreams lasted about 2 months. LOL SERIOUSLY! LOL I find the hardest part for me was being around smokers. Of course partically everyone i knew smoked. Now my b/f, his hardest thing was watching people smoke on TV, b/c when they smoke... they make it look so good and take deep breath and over adzagerate smoking.
Anyways, you may try like chewing on a straw, just regular gum, or something like that. It'll be hard at first b/c i know after you do anything you always want a cig. But if you are really wanting to stop you can do it. Once you do everything starts to smell better. Your home, your clothes, and just everything in general. When I smoked I was sick all the time!! I always got everyones cold and got them worse. Now, I am healthy as can be. I picked up allergies b/c of smoking. But I barely ever get sick now since I quit. Smoking does kill your emune system. Anyways, I am not sure if I was helpful at all, but I thought I would share. Have a great day.