CBQ Spotlights

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!

This is Larry with 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”

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 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:

This is Gary with 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!

Happy “Spotlight Day”! This is the first spotlight of August and has inside this week’s most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community.

Inspiring Milestone

Today CBQ Program member Debbie Rybka from Pennsylvania, US is celebrating 4 years smoke-free! Debbie was a smoker for 50 years. She had tried hypnosis, Chantix and nicotine patches but quitting was so hard and nothing stuck. After attending the free CBQ webinar, Debbie decided to join the CBQ Program. At first, she was scared to set her quit date, but by the end of the program everything had fallen into place and Debbie could not believe how easy it was!

4 years later, Debbie is still a happy non-smoker! This is the beautiful Debbie with her CBQ Success Certificate:

Inspiring Freedom

This week, CBQ Program member Michael J. Delaney from South Carolina, US celebrated his birthday and 4 months smoke-free. Michael was such an avid smoker, that Marlboro shamelessly sent him coupons every year so he can remain loyal to them.

Not anymore.

After completing the CBQ Program, Michael took back his power and feels amazing. This is the first time in over 45 years, that Michael celebrated his birthday as a non-smoker.

This is what he said:

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Tim Roberts from Queensland, Australia who celebrated 2 years smoke-free on the 10th of July! Tim also shared with our members that he used the CBQ Program to also change his relationship with food, and lost 28kg (60 pounds)!

This is Tim’s tip for those struggling with unhelpful eating habits: start by changing how you see yourself.

“it’s more about the philosophy of CBQ, like seeing myself as a non smoker rather than a deprived smoker I changed my attitude to food to see myself not as a deprived eater on a diet but a changed eater with a new approach to the food I eat. I have always yo-yoed with diets because I saw myself as deprived so as soon as I stopped dieting on the weight would go again. Now I just see myself as eating differently which really is very different to how I used to eat. I don’t see myself dieting anymore, just changed in the way and what I eat.”

In January 2025, CBQ will be launching a healthy weight loss program called “CBQ Program for Food Freedom”. If you want to receive information about it before it launches, show your interest by clicking here.

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

Happy “Spotlight Day”! I’m very excited to share with you this week’s new and most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community.

Let’s do it!

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Program member Chris Waltman from Wisconsin, US, celebrated 2 years smoke-free! Chris smoked 1 to 2 packs a day for 35 years and tried quitting dozens of times. But he never stayed smoke-free for more than a month “because it was always a replacement method or just forcing myself to quit. A couple things happened in my life and I was ready to try again. I found the CBQ method online and it looked interesting! I didn’t have anything to lose, so I tried it. WOW!”

2 years after the CBQ Program, Chris has not had a single cigarette!

This is Chris with his CBQ Success Certificate:

Inspiring Success

This week, CBQ Program member Leah Hackett from Ontario, Canada celebrated 1 year smoke-free. Leah wanted (and tried) to stop smoking for a long time, but never imagined it would be possible or easy! It was.

After attending the free CBQ webinar, Leah decided to join the CBQ Program. This is why:

1 year after her quit date, Leah is still a happy non-smoker and has not missed cigarettes – not even when socializing!

This is what Leah recently shared with the CBQ Method community:

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Amber McKinney from Texas, US, who quit vaping after 20 years on January 13, 2023. Amber recently shared an incredible tip on how to think about nicotine addiction:

You do not need nicotine, the addiction does.

“You can do this! The addiction in your body is trying to win. You get to decide who wins. Oxygen or poison? Take as much time as you need to re-wire your brain. You do not need nicotine, the addiction does.

I’ve been free over a year and it was the best decision of my life. Can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner! You’ve got this!”

This is the amazing Amber with her CBQ Success Certificate:

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

Happy “Spotlight Day”! I’m very excited to share with you some of this week’s most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community.

Let’s do it!

Inspiring Journey

Three days ago, the inspiring CBQ Program member Sarah Walters from England, UK, celebrated 3 years smoke-free. Sarah was a smoker for 26 years. For many of those years, she tried to quit multiple times with stop smoking approaches from nicotine gums and patches to hypnosis and everything in between. Nothing worked. After attending the free CBQ webinar, Sarah knew the CBQ Method could work for her and decided to join the CBQ Program. She committed to the process with an open mind, did her best… and the rest is history!

Now, Sarah is saving over £2,000 every year she’s smoke-free. (Over 9k saved in total!)

Above all, she’s truly done with smoking. She has no cravings and even though her husband smokes she’s not even triggered. That’s freedom!

This is what Sarah shared about her experience with the program:

And this is Sarah with her CBQ Success Certificate. (Her smile is infectious!)

Inspiring Transformation

This week, CBQ Program member and musician Andre Burns from Ontario, Canada, celebrated 4 years smoke-free and marijuana-free! Andre started smoking when he was just 10 years old. It was at a time (1970s and 1980s) when they made it very easy to smoke.

As Andre told me during our Ask An Ex interview (highly recommend watching it!), his father used to smoke. And it was common practice back then for a parent to send their child to the corner store with money and a note to buy cigarettes on their behalf. As a curious boy, Andre wanted to try cigarettes and then started making his own permission notes. By the time he was 14 years old, he was a full time smoker. Even though he rarely smoked more than 20 a day, he became very addicted to cigarettes, which eventually led to alcohol and weed dependencies.

After having tried everything (pills, patches, and other approaches) to stop smoking, weed, and alcohol, Andre found the CBQ Program and decided to give it a try. At first, his intention was to stop smoking with the CBQ Program. But after he went through the CBQ process, Andre changed his mind and ended up quitting smoking, alcohol and weed! He’s incredible, right?

“June 14th, I quit drinking, July 12th, I quit smoking marijuana, and my quit date for smoking cigarettes was July 20th.”

That was 4 years ago!

As he said, “Everything that is part of the CBQ method. She has a course of videos that give you a step by step approach. I actually was given by a doctor all of the stop smoking aids but that involved taking pills everyday and dealing with side effects which I did not believe in. Then I came across Nasia’s program and have never been the same. An outstanding program that was exactly what I was looking for. I would recommend CBQ method to everyone!!!!!”

This is Andre holding his CBQ Success Certificate:

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Dixie Taylor who quit smoking on August 15, 2022! Dixie never believed she could quit smoking without missing it, yet that’s exactly what she accomplished.

This is Dixie’s excellent quit smoking tip: Your doubts are from your craving mind, put them aside and trust the process.

“If you keep doing exactly what you are supposed to do in Nasia’s program, you will have success. Trust the process and do the work. All these thoughts are from an addicted mind. The other side of this, the freedom, is so close. Congratulations in doing this for yourself!

Dixie (smoke free for two years this August)”

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

Happy “Spotlight Day”! Let’s spread some inspiration with this week’s most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community!

Inspiring Milestone

Two days ago, CBQ Program member Caroline Kipp from Germany celebrated 4 years smoke-free! At first, Caroline was hesitant to join the CBQ Program, but she knew she had to give herself a fair chance at success. It paid off!

“I was a bit hesitant to buy the program. To be honest I had just moved continents, no job and at the beginning of Covid. So money was tight.

But I knew I had to take a chance. I had watched Nasia Davos videos and loved what she was offering for free.” …

“What I loved about the program is that you’re not told to quit smoking on day one, you don’t use willpower, something I had used before and fell back into the trap. This is the longest I have been a non-smoker and cheers to many many many more years. I watched the videos and did the assignments and exercises. I am soooo happy now. I can breathe, I love the way my clothes smell, I workout without losing breath. I am happy!! Best decision I ever made was to take a chance.”

At her 4-year milestone, Caroline is still a happy non-smoker.

Inspiring Success

Today CBQ Program member Robin Sheffield from Texas, US, is celebrating 2 years vape-free! Robin started smoking when she was 13 years old. Since then, she smoked for 41 years and got up to 2 1/2 to 3 packs a day. In an attempt to quit, Robin turned to vaping, and got addicted for 7 years.

This is what Robin shared about her inspiring story:

“My quit date was July 17th 2022. I threw everything away before I went to bed on the 16th. I started smoking when I was 13 years old and got up to 2 1/2 to 3 packs a day. After spending thousands on all sorts of ways to quit (acupuncture, patches, hypnosis, etc) I read this book that made me quit in 2015 (40 years later). Well, that lasted 3 days and I was ready to go buy some cigarettes. I remembered that I had a pen style vape and charged it up. I started vaping and never smoked another cig again. My doctor told me a couple of years ago that I may have the first stages of emphysema and I’ve been on inhalers since. I got covid pneumonia 1 1/2 years ago and the first thing they told me is that my lungs were fried. I was in ICU and almost died, but after getting out of the hospital (16 days later with no vaping) I tried to go without vaping but couldn’t. My brain was consumed with the thought of vaping and wouldn’t stop. So, 7 years of vaping, I really, really, wanted to quit and went thru your program for a 3rd time (I felt that the first 2 times were not helping me at all (I don’t think I was doing everything correctly)).”

Robin said:

“So for 47 years, I was either a smoker or vaper, and now, I’m neither. It is definitely a mind thing, and the mind is a powerful thing. I AM TRULY FREE!”

Tip of the Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Jerry Landon from Tennessee, US, who quit smoking on May 12, 2024!

Jerry’s tip: Don’t say, “I was born to be a non-smoker” or “I want to be a non-smoker” because a non-smoker is who you already are.

I would drop the “to be” …. I was born smoke-free. It is my natural state. Thanks to the program, I’m back to my natural state!

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

Happy “Spotlight Day”! Today, I’m very excited to share with you this week’s new and most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community.

Let’s dive in!

Inspiring Milestone

4 days ago, CBQ Program member Donald Raymond from Michigan, US, celebrated 2 years smoke-free. This is Don’s story: “I’d tried hypnosis (twice), Chantix (twice), acupuncture, cold turkey, the patch, gum, “on my own” (too numerous to count). All failed. After 52 years of smoking 1.5 pks./day, heavy smoking, “no one smokes like I do” smoking, I was almost resigned to the fact that I was doomed to never quit. And all the ugliness that results from that. UNTIL Nasia Davos, and her program, became aware to me. If YOU believe, and really want to, she makes it almost easy. Follow the program….really LISTEN to her….use the support available, and before you know it, you’re done and FREE of the evil things. Work at a pace for you. Absorb the whole program. Will be the best money you ever spent.”

On his 2-year milestone, Don still has no thoughts of ever going back!

This is Don with his CBQ Success Certificate:

Tip Of The Week

This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Marilou from Arizona, US, who’s been a happy non-smoker since June 22, 2021… That’s over 3 years!

Marilou’s tip is wise and simple: Smoking won’t change a thing.

“This is the longest I’ve ever quit, I owe it to CBQ. Do you know what I learned here? I learned having that cigarette doesn’t change a dog gone thing, it only made me feel worse than I already did. On this journey, remember you are in control, you control your emotions, what ever you are feeling that drives you to that cigarette, remember this 1 thing, “smoking is not going to change it”. Have your cry, have your moment of sadness, have your moment of anxiety, just have your moment without a cigarette. The first time you get through that moment, like that, you will be so proud of yourself, the euphoria it brings its life-changing. good luck, you can do it.”

Inspiring Transformation

Two days ago, CBQ Program member Tim Roberts from Queensland, Australia, celebrated 2 years smoke-free! But Tim’s journey to success had lots of ups and downs.

During our recent Ask An Ex interview, Tim shared that he smoked his first cigarette when he was 14 years old and smoked on and off for over 50 years. Throughout life, he also became addicted to alcohol and food. He was, as he told me a “perfectionist emotional cripple” and vices became his go-to coping mechanism. Even though Tim eventually quit alcohol, he could not let go of his cigarettes (a story I know many of you share).

But after joining the CBQ Program, Tim became a happy non-smoker. Tim also shared with our members that he used the CBQ Program to also change his relationship with food, and lost 28kg (60 pounds)!

He looks amazing and feels even better. Look at his unbelievable transformation!

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