SMOKING RECOVERY PROGRAM
MAKING THE COMMITMENT
SESSION 3
- Rationale
Factors outsided the individual such as physician's statement to stop smoking or a spouse's request can serve as motivatin for a short period of time. It is not until an individual becomes personally and emotionally invested in a change will he sustain and succeed in recovery. This session is designed to help individuals make a pact with themselves to stop smoking and begin exploring options and alternatives which will fit their lifestyle and motivational needs.
- Objectives
- Reframe smoking as a negative/dysfunctional behavior in contrast to wide variety of positive alternatives not yet explored.
- Provide alternative support behaviors/strategies to smoking for both light and heavy smokers (eg) cinnamon sticks, nutrition, tapering, etc.
- Provide concrete behavioral options to displace smoking "habits" (jazzercise, running, etc.) target lifestyle change.
- Activities
- Pros & Cons Test - how close are you to quitting?
- Participants will review various alternatives/tips to non-smoking.
- Participants will select most salient alternatives/tips in designing their own non-smoking reinforcement profile.
- Participants will design a buddy system and exchange the "personal smoke stoppers profile" for mutual support.
- Participants will set target date for quitting.
- Group Process Topics
- What will be the most difficult daily or recurring problem regarding smoking recovery? What tips/alternatives address that problem from your personal perspective?
- Participants will develop and exchange personal smoke stoppers profile.
- Homework Assignment
- Complete reasons for quitting exercise.
- Begin initiating yor alternatives - don't wait for "quit day."
- Begin practicing with smoke cessation "tapering" technique".
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PREPARATION FOR QUIT DAY
- Have The First Week as Problem-Free as Possible.
- You Need to be Feeling Well.
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- Please Plan to Eat Only Healthy Foods While You Are Quitting.
- Drink Lots of Water and Sugarless Juices.
- Stock Up on Substitutes Ahead of Time.
- Stock Up on Plastic Straws.
- Learn to Take Three Deep Breaths.
- You Need the Cooperation of Family, Friends, Co-workers.
- Start Figuring Out Why and When You Smoke.
- Begin to Practice Wellness Techniques That "Mimic" the Actions of Nicotine In Your System.
RULES TO THE NON-SMOKING GAME
- Your Determination to Win Must Be at an ALL-TIME HIGH.
- Regaining Control of Your Life Must Be Your NUMBER ONE GOAL to Win This Game.
- Preserving Your Good Health Must Be Your NUMBER TWO GOAL to Win This Game.
- Family or Friends Cannot PUSH You Into Playing This Game - - It is YOUR Game.
- You Will ALLOW Yourself NO GUILT FEELINGS, if at First You Slip and Have a Cigarette -- You Will REPEAT to Yourself, "I Can Beat This Habit". There is No Room for Guilt -- Only Determination to Win -- Get Back in the Race!!
- You Must Realize That it Only Takes ONE Cigarette After You Have Won to Force You to Go Back to "GO" and Start All Over Again -- IS IT WORTH IT?
- That First Cigarette You Have After You Have Won the Game, is Your Biggest Competitor. It Knows That if You Have That FIRST One Again, You'll Want That SECOND One, and Eventually You'll Become Defeated -- Conquer It!!
- When You First Begin Playing the "I Quit Smoking Game", Try to Avoid People Who Are Still Playing the "Smoking Game" -- Take Deep Breaths When the Urge for a Cigarette Hits You -- Take Long Walks or Run In Place -- Play the Game in Non-Smoking Areas.
- PLEASE Think of Yourself as an Ex-Smoker. Keep Reinforcing This Idea.
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