Topic: Group Therapy for Nicotine Deaddiction- Practical Insights.
Speaker: Dr. Anand Patil
CITY WIDE COMPETITIONS:
Chairpersons:
1. Dr. Shirish Sule
2. Dr. Sneha Mehta.
Date: 20th June, 2025
Take Home Messages:
- Frequent follow ups. Once a week all meet up
- Nicotine patches works better than Gums
- Divide the day in three sessions. One session at a time.
- Sipping water meditation
- Teach better ways of investment of same money used for addiction
- How they are using their intelligence in destructive ways
- How they are trapped by influence of social media
- Enjoyment, passing time, relaxation
- Substance is not enjoying, but people borrowed this concept of pleasure from friends.
- Cycle of addiction. Once you go ahead in next stage, it can’t be reversed
