Happy “Spotlight Day”! I’m excited to share with you this week’s most inspiring success stories and tips from the CBQ community.
You’ll love today’s tips!
Inspiring Milestone
Two days ago, CBQ Program member Carol Poste from Ontario, Canada, celebrated 2 years smoke-free! Carol was a smoker for over 45 years and suffered from chronic pain. For years, she used smoking as a pain relief until she learned that smoking was making her chronic pain worse! Carol’s surgeon told her “that my spine disks have deteriorated from smoking all these years!!!” With the stress and pressure of an upcoming spine surgery, Carol started looking for ways to quit smoking. After assessing all her options, she decided to join the CBQ Program, and the rest is history!
Since quitting smoking, Carol has had a successful surgery and has saved over 10,000 CAD. Incredible!
This is what Carol shared with our community:
This is Carol with her CBQ Success Certificate:
Tip of the Week
This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Collette Dziemian, who quit smoking and drinking with the CBQ Program …. and lost 16 pounds! Collette has not had a cigarette or a sip since February 24, 2024 and she’s feeling free and happy!
It all started by deciding to ignore her inner critic and try to create a new reality for herself.
Collette’s tip: Push past your limiting beliefs.
“68 days after quitting smoking and drinking (quit together) I’m still loving the weight loss and detox smoothies . 16 pounds lost too!!! Myth-buster: quitting smoking does not ALWAYS cause weight gain I hope this inspires someone to push past limiting beliefs”
Inspiring Success
This week, CBQ Program member Yolande E. Overton from Virginia, US, celebrated 6 months smoke-free! Yolande was a smoker for 49 years, and this is what she posted on the CBQ Reviews Page:
“I had been a smoker for 49 years and never tried to quit or thought seriously about quitting. I’ll like to take this time to thank you for the valuable information shared throughout the program. I decided I wanted to quit and noticed when I was cutting back that it wasn’t the physical withdrawals that bothered me, but mental craving that were the problem. So, when I saw an advertisement about your program. I joined and so glad that I did. It helped me to put all the pieces in place to give me the courage to take that final step. And on the 10th day I had no problem smoking my last cigarette. I highly recommend this program to anyone who has had a desire to quit. If I was able to quit after so many years on my first try, then anyone can. Thank you for everything!!!”
This is Yolande with her CBQ Success Certificate:
Inspiring Transformation
This week CBQ Program member Susan Bell from Kentucky, US, celebrated 3 months smoke-free. Susan used to smoke for over 50 years and this is the longest and happiest she’s been smoke-free! “I have stopped several times in the past. Each time, I got started again because I thought “Just one smoke won’t hurt me”. But of course, one smoke led to another, led to another, and soon I was smoking like a chimney again. So that’s why I appreciated the CBQ program: it made clear to me what an addiction smoking is, how I can talk back to that craving and beat it”
“I loved the various exercises and how those practice sessions gave me the strength to follow through with quitting on my quit date. Loved the daily videos, and how comforting Nasia is on those videos, but also encouraging you to keep making progress.”
This is what Susan posted in our member’s community this week:
As always, I want to say a big thank you to all our members who gave me permission to share their stories.
