Welcome to Taking Control - Day 1

Your investment and commitment of time has brought you to the classroom.

• Make yourself comfortable
• Turn off the distractions
• Get a pencil or pen
• Pour yourself a glass of water or fresh juice
• Plan to spend about 45 minutes each day in  each session
• Focus on taking control of your life

First of all you will need the downloadable, printable Workbook on the Taking Control gateway page of this site.  (Please note that the page numbering is off by one page, due to the numbering of the cover page as Page 1)

 This is a day dedicated to helping you make the life-saving decision to breathe freely without tobacco's toxins and drugs. The day to contemplate on what it will mean to you, to your loved ones, when you turn your back on tobacco and walk into healthy ways of living. 

Today and tomorrw you will methodically and systematically prepare yourself for the Big Day--the day you begin to take control. 

Tracking Progress

An important activity of changing your habitual behavior is marking where you are now and measuring along the way of your journey the progress you are making.  You can keep track every few months yourself by recording on the TCAT -- Tobacco Cessation Assessment Tool  in your Workbook.  You will be asked to use the 7-character code you were given in the "Let's Begin to Quit" Workshop.  You will need it at times along this journey, so don't lose it.