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!
