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 Milestone
This week, CBQ Program member Mal Collins from England, UK, celebrated three years smoke-free! Mal smoked her first cigarette at 15 and continued smoking until she was 54. She had quit in the past using nicotine patches but still missed cigarettes and eventually relapsed.
Following that attempt, Mal shared she “made many half-hearted attempts to quit but never succeeded. Until I found this program.”
At first, Mal doubted she would succeed: “I did wonder if I was destined to be in the small percentage of those who don’t manage to quit with the CBQ, but I have.”
She found quitting smoking easy!
Now, three years after her quit date, Mal is still a happy non-smoker! (Her family is still surprised she actually quit.)
For her three-year milestone, Mal re-shared with our members-only group the video of the ritual from her last cigarette!
Inspiring Success
This week, CBQ Program member Kelly Swingen from Wisconsin, US, celebrated 2 years smoke-free! A smoker for 50 years, she once believed that quitting smoking—and above all, being a happy non-smoker—was an impossible goal.
When Kelly found the CBQ Method on Facebook, she decided to gift herself the CBQ Program, hoping she could succeed. And she did!
After completing the CBQ Program, she went from “considering cigarettes to be my companion 24 hours a day” to feeling “surprised at how little I actually think about them.”
Kelly’s tip: Take your time and aim for progress not perfection
“I recently celebrated my 2 year anniversary of living a smoke-free life. I credit this solely with the CBQ program. I also had a problem feeling like I was not “getting it”. I was successful, but it took me much longer.
My mantra was progress not perfection. Please allow yourself grace. Continue to utilize this great support group. You will find that you are not alone. Move at your own speed. You will be successful.”
All the best,
Nasia
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