I believe – as much as
possible - that we should care for our health. Exercise, meditation, stress
reduction, eating little or no processed food, are among the ingredients of
healthy living.
This came up last weekend while talking to a member of the program who suffers from various ailments. To help combat physical and emotional challenges he's on a regimen of over 20 medications.
As we talked, it also came out
that he did no exercise - plus smokes cigarettes.
And while I'm not qualified to talk about his medical protocol, it takes little more than common sense to realize
there are non-medical things we can do to improve our health.
And among those are
developing good living habits.. Clearly the simplest – albeit maybe the most challenging – is to toss the cigarettes. In addition, an exercise routine provides wonderful collateral benefits like stress reduction, more energy, and improved sleep.
While I in no way intend to
be judgmental or offensive, it's my obligation to help him improve his life. Just like we do at TLC when we help addicts with other
recovery issues.
For those who want to quit
smoking go to http://www.nicorette.com or try http://zenhabits.net/10-tips-for-quitting-smoking/. These are only a few of the many resources
available on the internet.
For information about eating better you might check out the hundreds of videos at nutritionfacts.org.
