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Quitting Smoking
My father is 55 year old who had liver transplant at age of 44. He was an alcoholic before transplantation which lead to liver cirrhosis. He used to smoke too back then. Post transplant he quitted both drinking and smoking. But, now he started smoking again from 5-6 years. He is coughing so much lately. I am unable to convince him to quit smoking. How do I convince him to quit?
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Taking professional help will help your father to quit smoking as they are expert in behavior and mental changes. Through hypnotherapy addictions can be removed easily as direct connection of individual and smoking is break. all the urges and thoughts related to it can also be removed.
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Hi You can consult a psychiatrist and explain about your fathers condition. It is important to know what has caused your father to start smoking again. You can consult a psychologist as well. A psychologist can help identify relapse triggers such as stress, lack of sleep, and so on. Your father will require counseling sessions. With a psychologist your father can explain about his daily routine, eating habits, and water intake. It is known that one of the biggest smoking triggers is stress.
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Consult a psychiatrist and psychologist.
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"Habit reversal training (HRT) is an evidence-based highly effective behavioral therapy for people with unwanted repetitive behaviors or habits. HRT works on behaviors ..... Often we don’t really understand what is driving our behaviors (like relief from urges or feelings) until we look for them with the help of a professional. Habit Reversal Training is made up of five parts: Awareness training: brings attention to the behavior so the person can gain better self-control and awareness. In this stage you will work to notice when you are performing the behavior, identify the earliest warning that a behavior is about to take place, and identify the situations where the behavior occurs. Competing response training: you will work with your therapist to come up with a different behavior to replace the old unwanted behavior and practice performing this new behavior. Motivation and compliance: you may make a list of all the problems that were caused by the behavior to remind you of the importance of sticking with it. Parents and friends may be asked to offer praise and encouragement for the person’s progress, support of family and friends can increase your chances of kicking an unwanted behavior. Relaxation training: habits or tics can be common when a person is under stress, it can be helpful to learn relaxation skills such as deep breathing, mental imaging, mindfulness, and progressive muscle relaxation to keep urges at bay. Generalization training: you will practice your new skills in a number of different situations so the new behavior becomes automatic. Habit reversal training has also be used in treatment for depression, smoking, gambling problems, anxiety, procrastination, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and other behavioral problems."
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Addiction is mental or emotional dependence on a substance. Nicotine is the known addictive substance in tobacco. Regular use of tobacco products leads to addiction in many users. Nicotine is a drug that occurs naturally in tobacco and it’s thought to be as addictive as heroin or cocaine. He definetly needs counseling to resolve the inner conflicts for better mental health. You have taken first step towards it which is half the battle won. Call me at seven eight nine two seven zero five four seven seven... .session will be of fifty minutes. cost three hundred only. whatz app @seven zero two  six six six two six six four
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Hi.. You can help him start psychotherapy/counselling. It does help a lot in such cases. People resort to substances (alcohol, cigarettes, weed, psychedelic, etc.) as an escape. With right interventions they can be brought back to healthy lifestyle. Apart, from this taking him to a De- addiction Centre is also an option.
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Consult a Psychologist. CBT along with Lifestyle Guidance is required. Interventions using Existentialist Approach will help.
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Hi. Consult He should agree to take counselling. I addiction case usually people don't agree they don't understand the consequences of addiction. Psychoeducation is needed. Try to convince him to attend counselling.
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Volunteer cooperation is needed when it comes to counseling or involuntary he can be cured according to his addiction severity.
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