First, I want you to pick something that you have been thinkingabout changing in you life (maybe a major decision) but have beenon the fence in doing it or unsuccessful in getting to it.Something that you are willing to talk about in class that'sappropriate. It must be meaningful (Not something like -- I havebeen thinking about changing the shower curtain). It may besomething that you have attempted to change in the past or maybenot. Yet, it is something that is often at the forefront in yourthinking or that you are waiting for a \"perfect\" time to do it. Beconcrete, just pick one thing, e.g, I want to go on a diet to lose10 lbs, I want to start going to the gym several times a week, Ihave be thinking of getting a personal training certificate, or Iwant to quite smoking. Once you name it, access the article fromthe UMUC library, In Search of How People Change: Applications toaddictive behaviors by Prochaska, DiClemente, and Norcoss. Source:The American Psychologist. Sept, 1992, Vol. 47 Issue 9, p1102, 13p. Read this seminal work. Then read this client-version:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/why-behavior-change-is-hard-and-why-you-should-keep-trying

Then write your post. Introduction what you have been thinkingabout changing, then use the resources above (only) and discussionthe stage that you are currently in and justify in detail (asentence or two won't do) why you selected this stage versusothers. Make sure you indicate why you are not in the other stagestoo. There are many people who have fraudulently taken this modeland added stages -- only use this resources. Don't take a short-cutand only read the client-friendly version :) because your post willreflect this. Remember always paragraph form -- and this is aminimum of a 2 paragraph submission for your own post.

This stage of change model is used in alcohol treatment programsto determine treatment strategies!