Applying the principles of recovery to address a tobacco use disorder allows for a rewarding, growth promoting process of behavior change. This one-hour presentation provides a strategy for developing an individualized tobacco recovery plan. Recommendations are made to help explore personal motivation, goal setting, how to manage temporary physical withdrawal, adapt to replacement coping skills, and embrace the mental, physical, and spiritual rewards of learning to be tobacco-free.
- Define Tobacco Use Disorder
- Explain proactive strategies to adapt to behavior change
- Identify ways to relieve craving and withdrawal
- Learn how to support significant others