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Step 9: Quit Day
We're rooting for you! It’s finally here, that day you’ve been preparing for all these weeks. Hopefully you feel a little excited about this big change you are making in your life. You are choosing to...
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Step 10—Maintenance, Staying On Track
One of the important times in quitting is the time after you quit. This is obvious to most people, because, of course, that’s when people relapse. So, the idea is to plan ahead for this time so that...
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You’ve Quit: Now What? A Change Plan
After you’ve been away from the effects of nicotine for a while, you may find that you are ready to “let go” of the addiction, stop worrying about it, and get on with your life. I’m not saying that you...
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Creativity and Change
I’ve always had an interest in art and music and things creative. I like to sing, and my best grades in high school were in art. Otherwise I was a miserable student. So, I’ll start off saying I’m...
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Using Discomfort as a Tool for Growth
Here's a picture of my camping van in the parking lot near Tule Lake, at the northern end of Lava Beds. The hill behind is made from lava. While camping and since returning from Lava Beds, I’ve been...
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Thinking About Self-Esteem
My apologies for not writing for a VERY long time. Obviously things have been happening in my life that prevented my writing here, but I’d like to begin writing again on various subjects, all of which...
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Another Year Older
The labyrinth at Sibley Volcanic Preserve I just had a birthday. I decided I wanted to spend the day with my honey and go outdoors for a hike, have a warm, relaxing hot tub and then top the evening off...
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“You *Can* Quit” is now on Amazon.com
My new book! My workbook, You Can Quit: the Self-guided Quitting Tobacco Workbook is now available on Amazon! I wrote this workbook for those people who are finding it difficult to quit their tobacco...
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15 Years of Not Smoking
I recently passed my 15th year of not using tobacco products. Fifteen years! I’m amazed. It seems a much shorter time, and also seems a lifetime ago. And, in some ways, it was a lifetime ago. I was a...
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Overcoming Challenges
I’ve been facing some challenges in my life and, although I’m not ready to share them here, I did find some great quotes that I thought would be helpful to those trying to put down their tobacco...
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