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Smoking Triggers: All You Need to Know About Your Triggers & How to Crush Them

by Nasia Davos

Perhaps, if you’re like me, you’ve dreamed of quitting smoking while on vacation or wished there was a rehab for smokers, where you could escape your smoking triggers and the stresses of everyday life.

But what happens when you return home, and your triggers are there waiting for you?

In this article, you’ll learn:

  • The 4 types of smoking triggers.
  • How your triggers stop you from quitting smoking.
  • If you should avoid your smoking triggers when you first quit.
  • And how to crush your triggers with the CBQ Method.

Smoking Triggers: What Are They?

The smoking triggers, or else cues, are all the situations that remind you to smoke.

Some common triggers are: anxiety, boredom, driving, taking a break, finishing a meal, having a drink, feeling upset, or even celebrating.

relaxYou’re connected to your smoking habits through your triggers.

Because your triggers spark your desire to smoke and intensify your cravings.

At first glance, it may seem that after facing a trigger, you end up smoking – almost automatically. 

But as we explain in the third quit smoking stage of the CBQ method, there’s a chain reaction (mostly subconscious) that leads to you picking up a cigarette and smoking it.

That chain reaction starts with a trigger.

For example, you experience stress (trigger). This trigger causes you to think “I need a cigarette to relax” (craving thought), which makes you feel like smoking (emotion) so you eventually smoke (behavior).

Your triggers affect your thoughts, your thoughts affect your emotions, and your emotions affect your behavior.

Trigger -> Craving Thought -> Emotion -> Behavior

You can learn more about this in my TEDx talk.

How Different Situations Turn Into Smoking Triggers

For every smoker, eventually, smoking becomes part of your routine and it becomes a coping mechanism that’s present in everything you do. (When I was a smoker, you could hardly find a photo of me without a cigarette between my fingers.)

So with time everyone and everything seems to make you smoke.

Because while you smoke and nicotine goes to your brain and releases dopamine, you’re doing certain things and activities; you’re living your life.

So your brain has learned to link smoking to certain activities, routines, habits, and people. And with time, all these situations become triggers.

For example, if you usually smoke while talking on the phone, then after a while talking on the phone will trigger your cravings.

Or if you smoke when you’re bored or stressed, then your brain has learned to expect a dopamine release when you feel that way.

So after a while feeling bored or stressed is an instant reminder for you to smoke.

If you don’t, your self-talk, your craving mind comes in and tells you:

“You need one.”

“If you don’t smoke you won’t be able to cope.”

“Just one cigarette.”

Why Does Your Brain Insist You Smoke?

Simply because nicotine has hijacked the dopamine pathways in your brain and makes it believe you need nicotine to survive – just like you need food.

Of course, you don’t need nicotine to survive and your brain is not working against you on purpose.

Your brain just has outdated information.

But whatever the brain can learn, it can unlearn it. I’ll show you how in a bit.

The issue is that by constantly linking your emotions, situations, moments, and people to smoking, it’s easy to think that without nicotine, you can’t relax, socialize, enjoy life, take a break, drive or concentrate.

It’s easy to think that without smoking your cigarettes will magically take away with them your capacity to enjoy life and cope with your problems.

But the truth is that you just don’t know how to live as a non-smoker – yet.

But everything you do as a smoker you can do better as a non-smoker.

The 4 Types of Smoking Triggers

1. Emotional Triggers

All smokers smoke either to boost a good emotional state or to escape from a bad one. These are emotional triggers.

When you’re drinking your coffee, you smoke to enjoy your coffee even more. —that’s a Boost.

When you’re bored or anxious, you smoke to alter that state.—that’s an Escape.

Or when you feel depressed, you will smoke to feel better. —again, an Escape.

When you are with your friends, colleagues, or partner, you smoke to connect and enjoy their company. — that’s a Boost.

Which emotional states are you trying to escape or boost by smoking? Make a list if you can.

See, there are many ways to quit smoking. But none of them will work unless…

You discover new ways to manage your emotions without smoking ….before you quit.

ex-smoker relaxing

Let me explain.

If you had never smoked in your life, you wouldn’t be relying on cigarettes to calm down. And you wouldn’t be more anxious as a person. You would have found different ways to relax when you are stressed – just like non-smokers do.

But now, you are just used to relaxing by smoking. That doesn’t mean that you can’t relax in other ways.

You can!

You can learn 3 ways to manage your emotions without cigarettes here.

2. Social Triggers

Social triggers can social occasions and people.

Social occasions 

For example, if every time you’re at a party, you smoke…then after a while you may think you can’t enjoy a party without smoking.

Because in your mind having fun and smoking are one and the same.  Other social occasions can be:

  • a wedding
  • vacation
  • your birthday
  • dinner

But the strongest social triggers are…

People. If you habitually smoke with your partner, your best friend, your colleagues, or your neighbor, then after a while you may find it challenging to maintain a conversation with them without lighting up a cigarette.

You will feel that something is missing.

And when the people we see or love the most, are the people we smoke with…

… then we unconsciously fear that quitting smoking will damage our connection with them- even if that’s far from the truth.

In this short video, I show you how to enjoy social occasions as a non-smoker.

healthy couple quit smoking

3. Environmental Triggers

Environmental triggers are all the places you have linked to smoking. It can be your:

  • Home.
  • A friend’s house.
  • Your workplace.
  • Certain walking distances you make every day
  • A bar.
  • Or your car.

Research shows that context and environment play a huge role and can strengthen or break any habit.

So if you habitually smoke while driving, then after a while getting in your car will become a trigger that reminds you to smoke.

4. Double-Habit Triggers

I call this category double-habit triggers because what reminds you to smoke are other habits you have.

Drinking coffee or alcohol, watching tv, eating and even talking on the phone are all habits.

If you usually smoke while drinking your coffee, it may seem that you can’t enjoy your coffee unless you smoke. And if you quit, life won’t be as fulfilling or enjoyable without cigarettes. But as you’ll see in a bit, that’s not the case. 

All 4 Types of Smoking Triggers Can Happen at the Same Time

Many times you can encounter all those types of triggers at the same time.

Imagine you quit and you’re going out to see a friend who smokes. Social trigger. 

You meet at a place you used to hang out when you were a smoker. Environmental trigger

You’re having a drink. Double habit trigger.

And you feel drained from the day, stressed and tired. Emotional trigger. 

Should You Avoid Your Smoking Triggers When You First Quit?

You may have heard “experts” telling you to avoid your smoking triggers when you first quit.

But is this realistic?

Is it sustainable?

Most importantly…is it helpful or harmful?

According to the CBQ Method, you should never avoid your triggers.

Now I’m not saying to force yourself to face your triggers if you’re not ready, but don’t avoid them either. Just go on about your day, go on about your life.

Why?

Because when you stop smoking your brain starts breaking the associations between your triggers and smoking.

brain synapses

How to Weaken Your Smoking Triggers with the CBQ Method

When you put yourself in situations where you used to smoke and you don’t… and you are relaxed in these situations… you’re actually allowing your brain to get new information.

Because you show your brain that you don’t need smoking to enjoy and cope in these situations (which is what it used to think.)

You show your brain that nothing happened because you didn’t smoke.

This new experience creates new non-smoking memories and therefore, new neuropathways in your brain.

That’s how you crush your triggers, rewire your brain, and rewrite the script in your mind of how to be a non-smoker in different situations.

It’s important to expose yourself to your triggers while feeling good.

If you encounter a trigger and you feel bad, this actually gives your brain the opposite message. It tells your brain that it should keep reminding you to smoke so you can feel good. We don’t want that.

What about Alcohol?

The only exception to the rule of facing your triggers after you quit is alcohol.

Of course, you can socialize and unless you’re recovering from alcohol addiction you can have a drink.

However, it’s best to pace your drinking until you feel comfortable in your smoke-free life. It would be a good idea if at first, you had just one drink while socializing or had a glass of water in between drinks.

Summary

Triggers are all the situations that remind you to smoke. Over the years, your brain has learned to associate all these situations with cigarettes, and eventually, those situations become triggers.

To break the associations and weaken your triggers with the CBQ method, you need to expose yourself to your triggers while having a good experience.

Because every time you experience a situation as a non-smoker, you’re rewiring your brain and break past associations with smoking.

Just like your brain learned to expect nicotine, it can learn to not expect it and be content and happy without it.

After all, you were born a non-smoker, so you can return to that state; it just takes some practice.

Like we said before, the key to rewiring your brain is feeling good while facing your triggers.

So how can you do that? You need to change how you think about smoking and overcome the mental addiction, which is what the CBQ method is all about.

Over the last decade, the CBQ method has reached and helped millions of people quit easily by overcoming their mental addiction and changing how they experience smoking. And it can help you too.

You can get the free foundational video of the CBQ Method + the CBQ starter guide with tips for every quit smoking stage, an overview of your journey, and everything you need to start overcoming the mental addiction.

Get the foundational video of the CBQ Method here. 

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Celebrating YOU: This week’s spotlights [April 30, 2025]

by Nasia Davos

Happy “Spotlight Day”!

Today, I’m excited to share with you some of this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community.

Let’s dive in!

Inspiring Transformation

Today, CBQ Program member Valerie Bennett from England, UK, is celebrating 6 years smoke-free! Val’s transformation has been inspirational, to say the least. She used to smoke two packs a day for 40 years. As she told me during our Ask An Ex interview, she didn’t get out of bed in the morning before smoking two cigarettes with her coffee.

One day, while browsing Facebook, Val came across the CBQ Method and, after lots of research, decided to join the CBQ program. She quit “cold turkey” during the CBQ Quit Smoking Program because she just didn’t want to smoke anymore and has not looked back ever since. In her own words, “I am so proud of this achievement – from being in a place where I thought it would be impossible to now being able to wake up knowing I am now a nonsmoker and can do so much more with my life and feel so much better.”

Since quitting smoking, Val has saved over £20,000. A life-changing amount that keeps growing.

Val’s tip: Just take it one day at a time

CBQ Tip of the Week by Valerie Bennett

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Program member Trevor Starr from Vermont, US, celebrated 7 years smoke-free. 7 years! Trevor was no stranger to quit smoking attempts. He wanted to be healthier, but at the same time, smoking was an inseparable part of his life. As Trevor told me during this Ask An Ex episode, when he came across the CBQ Program, he felt hopeful that it could work. When he started the program, he was still worried about feeling deprived, gaining weight, and failing – but he decided to commit to the process. The result? Trevor quit smoking, completely transformed his life, and lost 35 pounds! He said: “I used to wake up and smoke, then have coffee and smoke, then drive to work and have a smoke. Now, I wake up and exercise every morning, and I love it. I don’t even think about smoking. I love this program, and I’m telling all my smoker friends about it.”

This is Trevor with his CBQ Success Certificate:

Trevor Starr holding his CBQ Success Certificate

7 years after his quit date, Trevor is still a happy nonsmoker.

CBQ Program member Trevor Starr celebrates being 7 years smoke-free

Inspiring Mindset

This week, CBQ Program member Courtney Lockburner from New Jersey, US, is celebrating 3 years smoke-free!! After many failed attempts, Courtney decided to commit to the CBQ Program completely. She entered the process with an open mind, chose to believe in herself, and above all, prioritized her quit smoking effort. In her own words “Give yourself the dedicated time for the program. You deserve that.”

Courtney quit while putting her dear grandfather to rest. In her first vacation as a non-smoker she encountered tons of triggers and had only 1 craving. Over the last 3 years, she had no withdrawals. This was possible because Courtney finally knew all smoking ever gave her, was guilt and lies.

A few days ago, Courtney shared that the program is the best thing she’s done for herself.

This is her story in her own words:

Courtney Lockburner shares her experience of the CBQ Program

To your freedom,

Nasia Davos

Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, MA)
Ex-Smoker, Psychologist, Creator of the CBQ Method™

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Filed Under: CBQ Spotlights

Celebrating YOU: This week’s spotlights [February 12, 2025]

by Nasia Davos

Happy “Spotlight Day”!

Today, I’m excited to share with you some of this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community. Since it’s Valentine’s Day on Friday, today’s spotlights have the theme of self-love.

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Program member Shelley Dubros from Ontario, Canada celebrated 4 years smoke-free! Shelley quit smoking on 11 February 2021, she was 69 years old at the time. In her own words shared on the CBQ Method Success Page “…been smoking for 55 yrs …I’ve tried hypnosis, laser, Champix pills, all nicotine substitutes, acupuncture, willpower, you name it.. I worked this CBQ program and the fascinating thing is that I haven’t had the urge to smoke.” And her advice is to “work the program.. do the coursework.. diligently..CBQ is a gift”

4 years later, at 73, she’s loving her life. So much so, she had even forgotten about her quit date.

CBQ Program member Shelley Dubros celebrates being 4 years smoke-free

This is Shelley with her CBQ Success Certificate:

Shelley Dubros holding her CBQ Success Certificate

Tip Of The Week – From A Former Smoker of 47 Years

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Jodi Woods who celebrated 5 years smoke-free this week! Jodi quit smoking on February 11, 2020. She’s now the moderator of the CBQ Program Members-Only Community, and over the last 5 years, she has helped thousands of members with her wisdom and insights. Her advice is always spot-on. Our community would just not be the same without her.

Below is a great piece of advice from Jodi about cravings that you can use right away 🙂

Jodi’s Tip on Cravings

“Cigarette cravings are just doing their job because we “trained” them to remind us to smoke when certain triggers are present. If you keep that in mind as you are retraining your brain with healthier responses to a craving, they will soon stop reminding you to reach for a cigarette. This is what the program helps you to do…..retrain your craving mind by using replacement activities instead of smoking.

Many former triggers became a thing of the past once I quit. I don’t get triggered at all anymore when I drive my car🚗 , have my coffee ☕️ , talk on the phone📱 , after a meal🥘 , etc. Thank You CBQ👍♥️

☑️One trick I would sometimes use, and this may help you too if you are 🔹currently trying to cut down, 🔹have recently quit, or even 🔹are getting close to quitting is this:

🤔 Think of that craving as an “imaginary child”. This child is whining and bugging you for a cookie🍪 or a lollipop 🍭. You will not give in because in the past that’s how the child behaved in order to get its way. The child knows if the whining goes on you will eventually give in. But you are trying something new!

Then, the crying gets a little louder and the child adds a little foot stomping. But, you are not going to let this child make you give in. You calmly breathe through this scene and remind them that crying will not do them any good. Finally, it’s a full out temper tantrum.

Who’s the boss? You are! Are you going to give in? No, because you are the adult in control and know what’s best. Besides, if you distract the child with something else the tantrum will be over soon.

What might seem like forever is really only about 10 minutes. The craving will go away whether you smoke or not, so stay in control and replace the smoking with something else…..deep breathing, meditation, distraction.

Mind power is greater than willpower.”

CBQ Program member Jodi Woods tip on managing smoking cravings

This is Jodi with her CBQ Success Certificate:

Jodi Woods holding her CBQ Success Certificate

And this is what Jodi shared about her 5-year milestone:

“Nasia I really must thank you for all of your inspiration and guidance that has made it possible for me to now help others. I’m still grateful every single day that smoking can no longer control me and my entire day.

It’s really true about quitting being as easy as changing our relationship with smoking.

I think about smoking every day, almost all day long and yet I have absolutely no desire to smoke and can’t imagine any scenario that would ever lead me back to smoking.

Going from feeling ‘hopeless’ in all my former unsuccessful quit attempts to ‘hopeful’ when I came across your program, to being able to be ‘helpful’ now to others is truly an incredible feeling.

It’s my pleasure to share my learnings and past experiences with this community and it’s possible because of your amazing program, your past experiences and dedication, from one smoker to non smoker at a time. You’re changing so many lives”

CBQ Program member Jodi Woods celebrates 5 years smoke-free

New Ask An Ex Interview

Could one year change your life forever?

At 69 years old, Charles never imagined it was possible—but that’s exactly what he did.

In just one year, he quit smoking after 50+ years, lost 20 pounds, and transformed every marker of his health. Now, he’s the healthiest he’s been in decades—and he feels amazing!

His story is truly inspiring.

Watch him share his journey in this brand-new Ask An Ex interview:

If you’ve ever thought, “I’m too old to change” or “The damage is already done,” Charles’ journey proves that transformation is always possible. His story offers invaluable hope and insights.

Today, I want to leave you with this thought:

What if quitting smoking was not a sacrifice but an act of self-love that opens the door to your happiest life?

To your freedom,
Nasia Davos

Filed Under: CBQ Spotlights

Celebrating YOU: This week’s spotlights [August 14, 2024]

by Nasia Davos

Happy “Spotlight Day”! You’ll absolutely love this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community. Our members have shared some life-changing stories!

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Program member Larry Johnson from Washington, US, celebrated 4 years smoke-free…. after being a smoker for 50 years!

Larry said, “I tried many times to quit. I would quit for a few days or a week and then back to smoking. After going through the CBQ program something in my brain switched and I simply no longer needed to smoke.”

Just 2 months ago, Larry shared that he has saved over $14,700, has avoided 42,000 cigarettes and does not miss smoking AT ALL!

CBQ Program member Larry Johnson shared how he avoid 42,000 cigarettes and saved thousands after quitting smoking.

This is Larry with his CBQ Success Certificate:

Larry Johnson holding his CBQ Success Certificate

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Michal Sturgess from New South Wales, Australia who will be 2 years smoke-free in September! Since quitting smoking, she has saved over AUD $32k!

Michal’s tip: Smoking a cigarette to settle your nerves is like putting a bandaid on gangrene. You can’t see it for a minute but…. it does nothing.

In her own words:

“By the 27th September this year I will be 2 years smoke free.

As of today I have saved over $32,000.00 and not smoked over 13,000 ciggarettes

The program literally pays for itself.

(Many extra times over if you live in Australia where ciggarettes are SO expensive).

And that’s before we even get into the tax on your social life, physical and mental wellbeing.

Sending best wishes out to everyone still working with themselves to quit. It is worth the sweat, sick and struggle with self, thousands of times over.

Smoking a cigarette to settle your nerves is like putting a bandaid on gangrene. You can’t see it for a minute but….

It is not your friend. It will not save you or make things better/ easier. YOU will save you and YOU will make you life shine brighter x”

CBQ Tip of the Week by Michal Sturgess

Inspiring Transformation: Breaking a 61-Year Addiction

This week, CBQ Program member Gary Brousell from Florida, US, celebrated 1 year smoke-free, and he’s an inspiration!

Gary smoked his first cigarette when he was 13 years old and continued to smoke for the next 61 years, with many attempts to stop.

Gary Brousell quit smoking after 51 years

Gary said, “While recovering from Back Surgery, I decided now was the time to stop and to free myself from the restrictions and smoking and vaping imposes on activities of all kinds. Recovering from surgery provided me with all kinds of triggers that I learned to overcome by taking the classes every day.”

“Through many trials, I have not seen cigarettes as a potential help to cope with anything. That’s one of your mindfulness pieces that has stuck in my thought process..

I suffer from Major depression and GAD. Being smokeless hasn’t made my conditions worse, nor would smoking make me better. Smoking needs to be seen as irrelevant to the human existence. Anyway, that’s how I see it now. Once an essential and controlling part of my life for 61 years, smoking is not going to help me or negatively effect my emotional conditions. DONE.

Thank you for your dedication to helping people get free from being trapped in one of the most unhealthy activities.”

Wise words!

A year later, Gary is still a happy non-smoker:

CBQ Program member Gary Brousell is 1 year smoke-free

This is Gary with his CBQ Success Certificate:

Gary Brousell holding his CBQ Success Certificate

And as always, I want to say a huge thank you to our amazing CBQ Program members who have given me permission to share their stories!

Filed Under: CBQ Spotlights

Celebrating YOU: This week’s spotlights [April 24, 2024]

by Nasia Davos

Haaaappy “Spotlight Day”!

The last Wednesday of April is here, so let’s see some of this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community.

Today’s theme is “Believe in yourself”

Inspiring Mindset

Today CBQ Program member Courtney Lockburner from New Jersey, US, is celebrating 2 years smoke-free!! After many failed attempts, Courtney decided to commit to the CBQ Program completely. She entered the process with an open mind, chose to believe in herself, and above all, prioritized her quit smoking effort. In her own words “Give yourself the dedicated time for the program. You deserve that.”

Courtney told our community that she quit while putting her dear grandfather to rest. In her first vacation as a non-smoker she encountered tons of triggers and had only 1 craving. Over the last 2 years, she had no withdrawals. This was possible because Courtney finally knew all smoking ever gave her, was guilt and lies.

A couple of weeks ago, Courtney shared that the program is the best thing she’s done for herself.

CBQ Program member Courtney Lockburner still smoke-free after 2 years.

This is Courtney with her CBQ Success Certificate:

Courtney Lockburner holding her CBQ Success Certificate

Tip of The Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Bob Schneider from Alberta, Canada, who quit smoking over a year ago on January 20, 2023! Bob’s story is very inspiring. He smoked his first cigarette when he was 13 years old and remained a smoker for the next 40 years – 23 of those years he was a closet smoker. Bob decided to join the CBQ Program after reading this review, yet he was still apprehensive. But after completing the CBQ Program, Bob succeeded and said that quitting smoking, “was the easiest thing I never thought I could do.”

Bob’s tip: Put your past aside.

“Approach your journey with a open and curious mindset and believe in the process. With an empowering mindset, you will do this! I was just like you, dear, I tried everything too and I started off with doubts as well. Remember Nasia saying to look at it through a different lens? That’s what you need to do and that’s what I did. Put all other quit attempts aside. Start off with some empowering affirmations and positive self-talk and practice saying them to yourself at least a few times everyday. We tend to believe what we tell ourselves and it will help develop the mindset you need to get through this. Take pride in each step you make as you strive for progress over perfection. I can’t wait to see your photo up here holding your success certificate!”

Inspiring Journey

This week, CBQ Program member Shelley Addington from Wisconsin, US, celebrated 3 years smoke-free!! Shelley was smoking 6 cigarettes a day by herself, yet she felt too addicted. Over the years, she had made 7 serious quit attempts, but eventually returned to smoking. Despite feeling fear, Shelley made the decision to join the CBQ Program. She did her very best and succeeded: “I feel a freedom and sense of confidence, pride, calmness I could not maintain while addicted to nicotine.”

Shelley’s journey to success was not smooth sailing. As she said, “It was not a linear journey to my quit, but was a journey of ups and downs, starts and pauses. I was confident, however, that your program was the thing I needed and that I could count on it to support me through to reaching my goal of being a happy non-smoker.”

3 years later, Shelley is happily smoke-free. What’s more, the last 3 years went by in a flash.

This is the wonderful Shelley with her CBQ Success Certificate:

Shelley Addington holding her CBQ Success Certificate.

Inspiring Milestone

This week CBQ Program member Amanda Wheelock from Maine, US, celebrated 5 years smoke-free! 5 whole years!

Amanda said this about quitting smoking: “I just cannot express how much I finally feel like ME!!” and her tip and inspiring words for others were “Dig down as deep as you can and this program can and will be life changing!! I also dropped 7 pounds as an added bonus and my eating habits changed as my smoking did. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!”

This is Amanda with her CBQ Success Certificate:

As always, a big thank you goes out to all of our amazing members who gave me permission to share their stories with you.

Filed Under: CBQ Spotlights Tagged With: cbq method, cbq method success story, cbq program, cbq program member, cbq program success story, cbq spotlight, spotlight day

How Roy Quit Smoking After 42 Years with The CBQ Program In 2021 & Why He’s Proud to Be A “Quitter”

by Nasia Davos

Welcome to episode #28 of Ask an Ex. In this interview, Roy Starke from Ohio, US, is sharing his story of how he quit smoking after 42 years with the Cognitive Behavioral Quitting (CBQ) Program!

After many quit attempts, Roy became a happy non-smoker on the 9th of September, 2021, without withdrawals, and he’s proud to be a quitter! Not only did he quit smoking, but he also quit alcohol 34 years ago!

Tune in to watch:

  • How the CBQ Program is different than the AA 12-Step Program.
  • Roy’s aha moment – this made him believe he could finally succeed.
  • Why Roy chose the CBQ Program over other approaches despite being skeptical of anything and everything online.
  • What was the nicotine withdrawal like for him after 42 years of smoking.
  • How quitting smoking impacted Roy’s life.
  • How Roy handles anger after quitting smoking and alcohol.
  • Roy’s wisdom and advice for those struggling to stop smoking.

Enjoy!

Chapters
00:00 – Intro
00:37 – How Roy Started Smoking
04:01 – Quitting Alcohol with AA vs Quitting Smoking with the CBQ Program
07:29 – Coping With Life As a Non-Smoker
09:07 – Roy’s AHA Moment That Led to Success
12:56 – Why It’s Important to Identify Your Smoking Triggers
14:40 – Roy’s Inspiring Mindset While Quitting Smoking
16:22 – Why Roy Chose the CBQ Program
20:01 – Experiencing No Withdrawal Symptoms After 42 Years of Smoking
24:34 – Being the Biggest Quitter
31:01 – Handling Anger After Quitting Smoking and Alcohol
33:02 – The Benefits of Quitting Smoking and Weight Gain
35:23 – Roy’s Advice for Skeptics and Those Struggling to Quit Smoking
38:42 – Conclusion

About Ask An Ex

ASK AN EX is an interview series featuring inspiring ex-smokers who succeeded with the CBQ Method™

And they tell you everything – how they did it, what helped them, what challenged them, their fears, motivations and aspirations.

Because the best person to ask about quitting smoking, is an Ex who’s been exactly where you are right now. Every EX shares their unique perspective and wisdom on quitting smoking (because everyone has a unique mix of background, mindset, and experiences). 

And they do it for 1 reason: to help YOU become an EX too. 

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