If the attitude of a man's mind is healthy, when he gets well he is well.

He is not bothered long with the habits of his illness, for he has never allowed them to gain any hold upon him.

He has neutralized the effect of the would be habits in the beginning so that they could not get a firm hold.

We can counteract bad habits with good ones any time that we want to if we only go to work in the right way and are intelligently persistent.
It would be funny if it were not sad to hear a man say, "Well, you know I had such and such an illness years ago and I never really recovered from the effects of it," and to know at the same time that he had kept himself in the effects of it, or rather the habits of his nerves had kept him there, and he had been either ignorant or unwilling to use his will to throw off those habits and gain the habits of health which were ready and waiting.
People who cheerfully turn their hearts and minds toward health have so much, so very much, in their favor.
Of course, there are laws of health to be learned and carefully followed in the work of throwing off habits of illness.

We must rest; take food that is nourishing, exercise, plenty of sleep and fresh air--yet always with the sense that the illness is only something to get rid of, and our own healthy attitude toward the illness is of the greatest importance.
Sometimes a man can go right ahead with his work, allow an illness to run its course, and get well without interrupting his work in the least, because of his strong aim toward health which keeps his illness subordinate.