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Schedule of Upcoming Programs

Check here for upcoming programs. This page also includes a typical week at SmokeFree.

August 30-September 4, 2009
at The Oaks at Ojai
oaksspa.com
800-753-OAKS

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Typical Week at SmokeFree:

Note: The program typically runs from Sunday to Friday, with graduation on Friday evening. There are at least two hour sessions daily as well as some individual counseling offered.

Evening of Day 1 ~ Orientation

• Overview of course
• Discussion of feeling of participants
• Discussion of the motivation for becoming free
• Discussion of self-image
• Discussion of fear of success
• Discussion of possibility, probability and positive thinking
• Check list for celebration of Smoke Free morning.
• Breathing and relaxation exercises
  

  Day 2 ~ morning
  

• Emphasis on benefits of being free of smoking
• Group analysis
• Discussion of foods
• Rite of passage
• Discuss "One puff is too many, and ten thousand is not enough"
• Discuss danger of alcohol during withdrawal

  Day 2 ~ evening
  

• Discussion of "The Grief Process"
  
• Changes body goes through
  
• Visualization and relaxation exercises
  

  Day 3 ~ morning

• Discussion of cravings and urges
  
• Discussion of withdrawal symptoms
  
• Teaching and practicing several meditation techniques
  

  Day 3 ~ evening
  

• Medical aspects of tobacco use
• Breathing and relaxation exercises
  
  Day 4 ~ morning
  
  
• Discuss fear and the deprivation power of the imagination
• Addiction and the brain. Discuss Bill Moyer's film on addiction
• Avoiding weight gain
  
  Day 4 ~ evening
  
  
• Planning strategies to stay free
  
• Guest speaker
  
  Day 5 ~ morning
  
  
• Make "Smart" plans
• Discuss "triggers"
  
  Day 5 ~ afternoon
  
  
• Guided discussion
• Review individual reasons
• Graduation