Quit Smoking Monday Messages

Unraveling the Threads of Addiction

Think for a moment of your life as a tightly woven piece of fabric, with each thread representing all of the many events and experiences you've had. And running alongside all of your "life" threads are threads of a finer gauge. They are so fine in fact, they're impossible to see with the naked eye. Those threads are your smoking habit, and they've become so thoroughly interwoven in the fabric of your life, you find you can't do anything without thinking about how smoking will fit into it.

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The associations that we build up over time between the activities in our lives and smoking are closely knit. Once we quit smoking, the job becomes one of unraveling those smoking threads, or associations, one by one.

True Freedom is a State of Mind

Focus attention on changing your relationship with smoking and you'll work your way through recovery from nicotine addiction with long-lasting results. Read everything you can about how smoking harms us, look at pictures of smoking-related disease and read the personal stories of people who have been hurt by smoking. As hard as it can be to do, these things will help you begin to change how you think about your personal relationship with smoking. And once you get that mental ball rolling, you'll be on the road to true freedom from nicotine addiction.

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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.

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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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