Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 5 Creative imagination is the acting out of an event or activity in your mind before it really happens. It allows you to work through the event or activity ahead of time so that you will be better prepared to deal with it. Many athletes practice an upcoming game in their heads […]
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 3 Change where you keep your tobacco/nicotine products. For example, instead of keeping them in your desk or in a locker, keep them in your car. Better yet, put that pack or can in the trunk of your car. When reaching in the usual place without thinking, coming up empty will be
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 4 Start with changing how you react to minor annoyances, like traffic or a chatty co-worker. Work to reduce the number of things that push your buttons. It is not the event itself that determines your feelings-it is what you tell yourself about it. You may have some truly big, serious stressors
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 4 Go around your house, car, workplace, and other places you have stored tobacco products. Gather all your tobacco, lighters, matches, and other items related to your habit. Don’t forget to check your coats, purses, and drawers. If you have quit, throw these products away. Seeing these items will not be helpful
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 6 Now Awareness Where your mind goes, you will go too. You can redirect your mind when you get an urge. Now Awareness is a simple, powerful tool to help you do this. When an urge (or any unwanted thought) comes to mind, say to yourself, “Now I am aware of ____________.”
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 6 Do Things a Different Way Remember how strong your old routines were? There were probably very predictable times of the day you would find yourself reaching for your pack or can. These urges that are linked to certain events, times, or places can be tough to break. Here are some reminders
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 6 Unscramble Slowly If you enjoy your new tobacco-free routines, keep doing them. If you want to go back to your old triggers, do so slowly, one trigger at a time. For example, if it has been awhile since you went out to the bar with smoking friends, plan to go briefly
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 3 If you smoke, buy cigarettes one pack at a time, not by the carton. If you dip, buy one can at a time. If you vape, smoke cigars, or use another form of tobacco/nicotine, buy the smallest quantity available. If you vape, buy a lower concentration of nicotine or fewer cartridges.
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 6 Put Off Starting Again Isn’t it great to discover that you can quit? Doesn’t it feel good to be tobacco/nicotine free? In fact, if you can go one week, there is no reason you can’t go another. You know that if you were locked up for a month with no tobacco,
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 6 One Day at a Time vs. “I’ll Never Smoke/Dip Again” There are two common outlooks in people who have quit. They are: 1. “I am taking this one day at a time-I am not going to use tobacco/nicotine for the next 24 hours, but I am not looking beyond that.” 2.
