This document provides tips for saying no to stress, alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, and overeating. It emphasizes the importance of self-control, honesty, self-confidence, hope, and truth in maintaining temperance. Practical tips are given for each topic, such as meditating to deal with stress, keeping alcohol out of the home, making a commitment in writing, and focusing on healthy activities instead of drinking. The document stresses seeking support from others and focusing on building a new life without unhealthy vices or addictions.

1. When to say NO?
Prepared by:
Maria Athenna Mallari
BS in Nutrition and Dietetics Student

2. Temperance
• 24 Do you not know that in a race all the
runners run, but only one gets the
prize? Running such a way as to get the
prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the
games goes into strict training. They do it to
get a crown that will not last, but we do it to
get a crown that will last forever.
(1 Corinthians 9:24-25)

3. Being temperate in:
• Stress
• Alcohol
• Drugs
• Cigarettes
• Food

4. Stress

5. EFFECTS

6. Alcohol

7. EFFECTS

8. Drugs abuse

9. EFFECTS

10. Cigarettes

11. EFFECTS

12. Over eating

13. EFFECTS

14. Principles we need!
• Self-control
• Honesty
• Self-confidence
• Hope
• Truth
Trust in God…

15. Practical tips to say No:
• IN STRESS:
• 1. Meditate
• 2. Breathe Deeply
• 3. Be Present
• 4. Reach Out
• 5. Tune In to Your Body

16. • IN ALCOHOL
• 1. Keep alcohol out of your house.
• 2. Don't drink when you're feeling bad.
• 3. Slow down your sipping.
• 4. Stop going to bars as often
• 5. Do activities that don't involve
drinking.
• 6. Hang out with people who don't drink
• 7. Take up exercising.
• 8. Write down your commitment.

17. • IN DRUGS
• 1. Make a list of the harmful effects
of your addiction.
• 2. Write down the positive changes
you'll see when you quit.
• 3. Write down your reasons for
quitting.
• 4.Seek support from friends and
family.

18. • 5.Figure out what triggers your drug
use.
• 6. Makeover your space so you
have a fresh start.
• 7. Turn to your reasons for quitting
when temptation arises.
• 8. Relieve your stress in healthy
ways
• 9. Focus on building a new life.

19. NON PRESCRIBED DRUGS
• 1. Don’t self medicate
• 2. Don’t apply the medications of
other people
• 3. Check up is really a necessary
• 4. Moderation is still needed.

20. ON SMOKING
• S = Set a quit date.
• T = Tell family, friends, and co-workers
that you plan to quit.
• A = Anticipate and plan for the
challenges you'll face while quitting.
• R = Remove cigarettes and other
tobacco products from your home, car,
and work.
• T = Talk to your doctor about getting
help to quit.

21. ON OVER EATING
• 1. Reprogram your mind
• 2. Remove as many processed
foods from your pantry or food storage
as possible.
• 3. Try to eat when you start feeling
hungry
• 4.Always relax before you start eating.
• 5.Drink a glass of water
• 6. If you feel still a little bit hungry after
this, stop anyway

22. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAYS ABOUT
TEMPERANCE???