Happy “Spotlight Wednesday”! As always, I’m excited to share with you some of this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community.
Inspiring Milestone
This week, CBQ Quit Smoking Program member Patti Murphy from Maryland, US, celebrated 3 years smoke-free after 40 years of smoking!
Patti started smoking when she was a teenager, and tried to quit many times. Even though she was able to abstain from smoking, for years at a time, she had constant cravings, which caused her to relapse. After completing the Cognitive Behavioral Quitting (CBQ) Program in two weeks, Patti quit smoking for good!
Over a year after her quit date, Patti had zero cravings and saved over $4000.
3 years later, Patti is still a happy non-smoker.
This is Patti with her CBQ Success Certificate:
Patti’s Tip: Allow yourself to feel the freedom!
“For me it has been a matter of allowing myself to feel the freedom. Sometimes we’re so hung up on a bad habit that we fail to internalize the good we’re doing when we pull away. Try congratulating yourself regularly. Perhaps every time you start obsessing about being smoke free, try replacing those thoughts with positive thoughts, like “Yeh, I’m smoke free!!!!”
Inspiring Success
This week, our beautiful CBQ Quit Smoking Program member Jessica Pagano from Western Australia celebrated 1 year smoke-free!
Jessica smoked for 13 years and tried quitting with different medications and NRT, but nothing gave her the lasting freedom she was looking for. Deep down, she knew she needed something more, and when she came across the CBQ Quit Smoking Program, she finally felt she had found the answer. And she did!
In her own words: “This was a life-changing program and I cannot believe how easy quitting was! Thank you so much, Nasia, from the bottom of my heart!”
Jessica’s tip for others who are on this journey: “My biggest tip would be to allow yourself the time and mental space to invest fully into the program. I was successful when I stopped making excuses and prioritised my journey.”
This is Jessica holding her CBQ Success Certificate:
Tip of the Week
This week’s tip comes from CBQ Quit Smoking Program member Terna Tilley-Gyado from Massachusetts, US, who’s over 3 years smoke-free!
Terna’s spot-on tips: Be honest with yourself…
…and remember how smoking makes you feel.
“I quit while living with a smoker and honestly it was building the habit of mental fortitude to remember that I’m responsible for my own body and that I would only be damaging MYSELF, that helped me stay on my path. Every time I started to get “nostalgic” about smoking, I trained my mind to remember how it literally hurt with every exhale, to remember the scary heart sensations, to remember my certainty that continuing would absolutely kill me. Whatever it is that is motivating you to quit, train your mind to remember that when you see your husband smoking. You can absolutely do it!”
To your freedom,
Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, MA)
Ex-Smoker, Psychologist, Creator of the CBQ Method™
P.S. Feeling inspired to break up with nicotine… but don’t know how ready you are to say goodbye? Take this quiz to find out how ready you are to quit smoking this year:
cbqquiz.com
This free assessment will reveal your “Readiness to Quit Smoking” score, show you how close you are to success, identify what might be sabotaging your efforts, and suggest the next best step to take. It’s insightful, personalized, and quick!
