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Motivational-ish interviewing (PreCOVID)
I'd just finished this heartfelt soliloquy about smoking cessation. We talked about grandbabies and his life and his lungs and his heart. He was looking deep into my eyes--like it was really resonating.
Me: "So, what do you think?"
Motivational-ish interviewing (PreCOVID)
I'd just finished this heartfelt soliloquy about smoking cessation. We talked about grandbabies and his life and his lungs and his heart. He was looking deep into my eyes--like it was really resonating.
Me: "So, what do you think?"
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Me: "How ready to you feel to quit?"
He furrowed his brow and squinted his eyes. Then he settled back into the chair next to the desk and let out an easy smile. A pack of Newports bulged in his front pocket.
He saw me see it and let out an exasperated sigh.
Shoot.
Me: "How ready to you feel to quit?"
He furrowed his brow and squinted his eyes. Then he settled back into the chair next to the desk and let out an easy smile. A pack of Newports bulged in his front pocket.
He saw me see it and let out an exasperated sigh.
Shoot.
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Next he rubbed his head, let out a raspy chuckle, and shook his head.
Him: "Tell me, doc. You ever had somebody piss you off REAL bad on a job you hate--then step outside on a break, flick your lighter and then take a good, hard drag on a menthol cigarette?"
*silence*
Next he rubbed his head, let out a raspy chuckle, and shook his head.
Him: "Tell me, doc. You ever had somebody piss you off REAL bad on a job you hate--then step outside on a break, flick your lighter and then take a good, hard drag on a menthol cigarette?"
*silence*
