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Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 6 Post-Quitting Depression Some people feel mildly depressed after they have quit. You may feel a letdown when such a major goal has been reached. You may also find that the people around you are taking less notice of the fact you’ve quit. This is why self-rewards are more long-lasting than those […]
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 Shake a Stale Feeling Smoking, dipping, vaping, or whatever habit you left behind may have given you something to do when you were bored. Perhaps it filled the gap between activities and responsibilities. In the next ten minutes, pick one of the following to do: * Get up and move. Stretch,
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 6 Banish the Bully in Your Head Imagine you have a parrot. This parrot repeats everything you say about yourself, over and over again. It comments on your life, especially the things that go wrong. For example, you snap at a co-worker and say something you later regret. The parrot squawks, “You
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 4 While there is no healthy level of tobacco/nicotine use, it can be helpful to cut back before quitting completely. This allows you to: * Reduce the amount of tobacco/nicotine your body must process every day, reducing the damage and toxic load on the body. * Practice strategies without the pressure of
Healthylife® QuitWell™ Part 6 Mirror Talk Stand in front of a mirror and be your own cheerleader. “I am tobacco free. I want to be a healthy dad/mom/grandma/grandpa/friend (say an important role you have). I am going to succeed!” What you say to yourself is powerful. These strong statements are called affirmations. You may not
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 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
