Completely happy “Highlight Day”!
Right now, I’m excited to share with you a few of this week’s most inspiring success tales and suggestions from the CBQ group.
Let’s dive in!
Inspiring Milestone
This week, CBQ Program member Francine Doyon from Ontario, Canada, celebrated 6 years smoke-free! A lifelong smoker, Francine broke free after becoming a member of the CBQ Give up Smoking Program. She hasn’t smoked a cigarette since.
After 6 years she stated she’s “nonetheless smoke free and loving it.” That claims all of it!
Francine’s tip? Begin small.
One of many workouts within the CBQ Give up Smoking Program is to delay the primary cigarette of the day utilizing mindpower, not willpower. That train was exactly what gave Francine the “aha” second that she will be able to succeed! And he or she did!
“One of the best factor I did was delaying the primary cig of the day. It helped my thoughts understand that I may abstain from smoking for 8+ hours. Finally I made it to lunch, then after dinner after which simply earlier than mattress. Finally i felt so sick having only a few drags it was straightforward to only go for the total 24 hours and I by no means appeared again.”
That is Francine along with her CBQ Success Certificates:

Inspiring Success
This week CBQ Program member Jess Pagano from Australia celebrated 6 months smoke-free! Jess, who’s in her 30s was an avid smoker since her teenagers. She resolved to take higher care of herself. To maintain that promise, she tried to stop many occasions with totally different medicines, NRTs and chilly turkey however nothing has ever labored.
“Each stop try I felt unhappy, remoted myself additional and farther from my smoker mates, and felt like I might by no means take pleasure in life once more. There was all the time one thing that made me relapse & I knew I wanted to search out solutions to those points, so I began researching and located this program.”
As soon as she joined the CBQ Program, she made an necessary choice: to make her success a psychological precedence. Making her success a precedence didn’t imply pausing life. It meant not compromising on her aim to be free, for that might enable her to point out up absolutely in each different space of her life.
That is what occurred:
“I realised that beforehand I used to be getting too caught up sooner or later and never taking it at some point at a time. This time I took it one train, experiment and lesson at a time, and made positive that I maintained my empowering mindset utilizing affirmations that I repeated to myself each morning and night time. I additionally allowed myself to take the time to spend on myself. This meant that I gave myself the time and psychological area to finish this system so there was no excuse to cease – this was the precedence! And I’m so glad that I made it the precedence. “
Jess succeeded 6 months in the past and she or he is aware of this time is totally different. Why? As a result of she’s a contented non-smoker!
“I actually can’t consider it. It’s by no means been straightforward for me earlier than. The ability of the thoughts is unimaginable when you discover ways to use it!”

Jess’ tip: take it at some point at a time
“Sure, I’m nonetheless having fun with my smoke-free life and really grateful to you guys for a life-changing course!
I can’t consider I’m almost at 6 months! Once I initially accomplished that type, my 6-month date appeared so far-off that I couldn’t even give it some thought. I simply stored specializing in 1 day at a time and now I’ve blinked and it’s right here!”

Inspiring Milestone
This week, CBQ Program member Evelyn Neiman Inexperienced from North Carolina, US, celebrated 6 years smoke-free! Evelyn was a smoker for 40 years. Her husband additionally smoked.
As Evelyn advised me herself, she had tried to stop earlier than utilizing nicotine patches and e-cigarettes however she all the time went again to smoking. Her husband went from smoking to vaping and nonetheless does each.
That’s how Evelyn knew she wanted one thing totally different: a course of. She joined the CBQ Program, did each step of the method and broke free from nicotine despite the fact that her husband smokes. 6 years later, Evelyn is doing so effectively she even forgot how lengthy she’d been a non-smoker! She additionally discovered the appropriate weight loss program for her, and has improved her life in each method! Unimaginable story!
That is Evelyn along with her CBQ Success Certificates:

To your freedom,
Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, MA)
Ex-Smoker, Psychologist, Creator of the CBQ Technique
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