About Smoking Cessation: Finding Your Personal Motivator - Alicia's Story

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Smoking Cessation Smoking Cessation Health Risks How to Quit After Quitting From Terry Martin, your Guide to Smoking Cessation Locking onto a strong personal motivator is key to changing the relationship we have with smoking.  Once we have that, the path toward lasting freedom from nicotine addiction is much easier to follow. This week's top spotlight comes from Alicia, who at 10 months smoke-free has found what motivates her most.  Thanks for sharing your story Lisa, and congratulations on all of that smoke-free time you're logging. Have a great week, all - make each day count! I Just Don't Want to Smoke Alicia has a powerful message to share in her 10 month smoke-free milestone, and it concerns the mindset we approach cessation with.  Mindset makes all of the difference, good or bad, and having a compelling "difference" as she puts it, can help you make the shift toward a positive experience. Search Related Topics:  personal quit stories  reasons to quit smoking  Don't Settle for Less in Your Life Smoking is a way of settling for so much less than we deserve. It's self-destructive behavior, and that tends to trickle down into other areas of our lives. Small Cell Lung Cancer - Cheryl's Story When I met Cheryl in December of 2003, she'd been diagnosed with stage IV small cell lung cancer a month before. Inoperable and advanced, the prognosis was not good. It was Cheryl's fervent wish to bring something good out of something so bad that drove her to open the door to her personal life and write about her struggle with the cancer that would eventually kill her. She wanted to help you, dear reader, avoid the pain and heart ache she and her loved ones were forced to endure by sharing the horrible reality that years of smoking had brought her to. Search Related Topics:  lung cancer  smoking and cancer  personal quit stories Bidi Cigarette Facts A reader asks: "What are bidi cigarettes, and are they a safe smoking alternative to traditional manufactured cigarettes with tobacco?" Search Related Topics:  smoking alternatives  health risks of smoking  nicotine addiction Related Searches Quit Smoking Aids Smoking Cessation Help Stop Smoking Smoking Facts Smoking Tobacco Featured Articles How Smoking Affects Your Health Teen Smoking - Information for Teens and Their Families The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke Tobacco Related Disease Pictures Tobacco Research and Reform - Information and Resources Cigars, Pipes and Smokeless Tobacco   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Terry Martin Smoking Cessation Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Smoking Cessation newsletter. If you wish to change your email address, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com   Forum Discussions Welcome April Ex-Smokers Messages of Hope and Gratitude It Gets Better Over Time   Follow me on: Advertisement