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
Two days ago, the inspiring CBQ Quit Smoking Program member Sarah Walters from England, UK, celebrated 4 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 Quit Smoking 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 yesterday about her smoke-free life:
And this is Sarah with her CBQ Success Certificate. (Her smile is infectious!)
Inspiring Transformation
This week, CBQ Quit Smoking Program member and musician Andre Burns from Ontario, Canada, celebrated 5 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 5 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:
Inspiring Quit Smoking Benefits
CBQ Quit Smoking Program member Paddy Monaghan from Scotland, UK, celebrated 18 months smoke-free! And two days ago, he shared with our members group how his life changed after quitting smoking.
He shared, “Today marks 18 months since I binned the smokes — and I can honestly say it’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
I used to go through a 50g pouch of rolling tobacco every week — around £30 a go — not just burning money but burning my health too.
But with the help of this group I made the change. I feel stronger, healthier, and more focused — not to mention the savings (aye, they’ve not gone unnoticed either If you’re thinking of quitting, I swear you can do it. Just don’t try to do it alone — get a quit buddy, someone to lean on when it gets tough.
Here’s to clean lungs, clear heads, and never smelling like an ashtray again.
Roll on 2 years smoke free!”
Inspiring Success – Quit Vaping
This week, CBQ Quit Smoking Program member Robin Sheffield from Texas, US, celebrated 3 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!”
To your freedom,
Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, MA)
Ex-Smoker, Psychologist, Creator of the CBQ Method™
P.S. Feeling inspired to break up with nicotine… but don’t know how ready you are to say goodbye? Take this quiz to find out how ready you are to quit smoking this year:
cbqquiz.com
This free assessment will reveal your “Readiness to Quit Smoking” score, show you how close you are to success, identify what might be sabotaging your efforts, and suggest the next best step to take. It’s insightful, personalized, and quick!
