Posts Categorized: Theresa Paterson

Giving up smoking has made such a positive impact on my health and wellbeing. Getting fit has made me feel great and my skin is bright and clear – and I can even walk up a flight of stairs without puffing. PLUS I have extra cash in my pocket! Also, since quitting and getting into […]

Since my last blog entry, I caught up with some of my mates over a social drink (all smokers!) and I admit that the cravings to smoke with them kicked in hard. In the back of my head, I knew that if I was going to have a night out with my friends who smoke, […]

Last week, I set off on the road again to regional Victoria with my colleague Cherie Waight, Senior Project Officer of the Palliative Care  program. We visited some of the local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) and met with the local Koori Mental Health Liaison Worker’s in Shepparton and then stopped in for a yarn with […]

I have now replaced my bad habit, which was almost like a hobby, with exercise (that’s me getting ready to shoot some hoops). At times I can feel down and almost depressed (must be all the toxins leaving my body) so having found something active to do helps heaps now that I’m not smoking. People […]

Coming back to work at VACCHO in January was when I decided to follow through on my decision to quit smoking. I was sick of all the huffing and puffing when walking up stairs, hills and on long walks. I was especially sick of the coughing and people asking, “is that a smoker’s cough?” I’m […]

Tell us a little about yourself. Where are you from? What are your interests? What do you do in your spare time ? I am a 24-year-old female, my ancestors are from the Ngalakan (East Arnhem Land Region, NT) and Bunaba (Kimberly’s, WA) clans. I was born and bred in Darwin, Northern Territory and have […]