Quit Smoking Monday Messages

Building the determination to quit smoking is a difficult task, because nicotine addiction has a way of breaking down our will to try as quickly as we work to create it.

Of the 26 years I smoked, 16 of them were unhappy smoker years. Sixteen! These were the years I spent wishing I could find a way to quit on the one hand, and feeding my habit day in and day out on the other. I worried about quitting before a smoking-related disease caught up with me, and I hated how weak and powerless I felt to make that happen. Smoking had imprisoned me, and I didn't know how to break the chains. It was a miserable way to live.

The Value of a Support Community for Addiction Recovery

All that changed when I found the support forum here at About.come Smoking Cessation on the ninth day of what was to be my last quit attempt. I met people who were going through the same discomforts I was and learned what they were doing to cope. I also found a wealth of information from forum members who were ahead of me in cessation and had practical advice to offer. There was magic happening within the walls of this virtual community, I knew I'd found the tools I needed to kick this habit out of my life, once and for all.

Today, that forum is every bit as active as it was the day I found it, nearly 7 years ago. I invite you to fix yourself a cup of tea and take some time to browse through the current discussions taking place at the forum now. You'll come away inspired, and if you're still smoking, perhaps with the beginnings of the resolve you need to quit permanently too.

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Take The Quit Smoking Monday Pledge

Healthy Monday encourages us to think of every Monday as a day that we can begin work anew on goals that we have for ourselves. If you're still smoking, put your cigarettes down and get started on your quit program today.

We all have the ability to quit smoking successfully, and we all deserve a life that is free of addiction. Honor your life by choosing Monday as the day to start and reinforce your quit program.

You can quit smoking ... and we’re here to help you, one simple Monday at a time.

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