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 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 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 6 A Day to Remember Recall the day you quit as a special day. Treat it like you would a birthday or anniversary. Celebrate this day every month for the first 6 months and once a year after that. In a way, it is a re-birth for your body-or a personal “Independence
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 5 Learn the differences between passive, aggressive, and assertive communication. Passive * You lack expression for yourself. * You do not stand up for your rights and needs. Result: You usually do not achieve your goal. You may feel like someone is walking all over you. Aggressive * You stand up for
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 4 Actions, especially habits, are linked. For example, you may light up a cigarette without thinking when you start your car, end a meal, drink coffee, or hear your alarm clock. If you dip or use other forms of tobacco/nicotine, you may have similar triggers. Altering triggers can help you break your
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 2 Maybe you don’t feel like you have time to read the QuitWell™ program or answer the questions in each section. The tips on time management in this section can help. Other barriers may seem to be unchangeable until a powerful motivator enters the picture. More information or skills to get through
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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 3 Who could support you in your effort to quit? Having someone to hold you accountable-and who you want to share success with-can be a powerful part of your quit plan. Support from others can help: * Motivate you and lift you up when you stumble. * Hold you accountable. * Give
Tobacco Cessation Somebody else’s habit can destroy your health. All that smoke that gets in your eyes is also getting in your airways and lungs, causing potentially fatal heart disease and cancer. It is also blamed for increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome, ear infections, colds, pneumonia, bronchitis, and more severe asthma. Researchers report
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