Celebrating YOU: This week’s spotlights [June 24, 2026]

Glad “Highlight Wednesday”!

Right this moment, I’m excited to share with you a few of this week’s most inspiring success tales and ideas from the CBQ neighborhood.

Let’s dive in!

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Nicotine Freedom Program member Andy Huff from Georgia, US, celebrated 5 years smoke-free! Andy smoked for 35 years after selecting up his first cigarette at 19. Through the years, he tried patches, gum, lozenges, vaping, and even Wellbutrin. Some strategies helped him lower down, however nothing helped him give up smoking for good.

After being recognized with COPD, Andy got here throughout the CBQ Program. He joined and labored by the teachings at his personal tempo. As he continued, he started constructing one thing he had by no means had earlier than: confidence that he may truly give up.

For months, he saved shifting his give up date ahead. Then he decided. Father’s Day could be his final day as a smoker. On June 20, 2021, Andy smoked his closing cigarette and give up for good.

When Andy celebrated 2 years smoke-free, he shared his story in our Ask An Ex interview. On this dialog, he shared how quitting improved his well being, and the recommendation he would give to anybody who needs to give up smoking.

Watch the total Ask An Ex interview right here:

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Nicotine Freedom Program member Pleasure Aelbers from British Columbia, Canada, celebrated 4 years smoke-free. Pleasure had smoked her total life and spent 30 years actively attempting to give up.

When she found the CBQ Program, she had doubts and worry of failure. However she took a leap of religion and did each step of the 12-day course of.

The end result? She give up smoking, and her life reworked. Pleasure feels more healthy than ever. She’s taken up bike using and even accomplished a 10K stroll/run, issues she by no means imagined doing earlier than.

Right here’s what Pleasure shared about her journey:

4 years later, Pleasure continues to be a contented non-smoker! That is what she shared not too long ago:

That is Pleasure together with her CBQ Success Certificates:

Inspiring Success

This week, CBQ Nicotine Freedom Program member Joe Wilson from England, UK, celebrated 5 years smoke-free! After smoking closely for 25 years, Joe give up smoking on June 20, 2021, on Father’s Day.

He additionally wrote a goodbye letter through the CBQ Program within the type of an incredible poem, and listed all the explanations he didn’t need tobacco in his life anymore.

Right here it’s:

Two fingers to the Poisonous Trickster

Goodbye, good riddance

You’ve at all times been my go-to

After I have to take trip

To modify off, to loosen up with

To run away to and discover my doubts

Farewell, Adieu

You’ve at all times been a toxic reward

A void in my routine

A sewer of escape to nowhere

However spiralling round in a cycle of despair

Ta-ra duck, I’m achieved

Cos you’re simply not proper

For me, in any respect, any extra

I can not preserve going

forwards and backwards with you

Szia, we’re over

I hate how I’ve needed to plan

My day, my life round you

It’s distasteful the way you’ve made

My mouth style so monstrous

My gums gone contaminated

My enamel rotting of their sockets

I’ve been such a Muppet

However now I see the maintain that you just’ve held over me

The trick on my thoughts that I would like you to exist

However I don’t, I by no means did

Two fingers to the poisonous trickster

I’ve outgrown this poisonous relationship, right here it ends

I select to be current, for my household and my associates

Clear lungs, stuffed with vitality, free to be me

No worry, no worries, an unimaginable future I can see

All you’ve ever introduced me is bother

I hate the remorse

I’ve determined it’s time for me to maneuver on

And be smoke-free once more

As I used to be after I was born

I deserve for me to be free

A cheerful non-smoker

Now I’m placing myself first

I’ve dismantled you as a limiting perception

Your phantasm’s completely burst

You don’t have any energy, over me, any extra

So don’t name

Two fingers, to you, Poisonous trickster

And that’s all

Sincerely, your ex

The genuine Joe says so

Thanks for sharing this, Joe!

5 years later, Joe resides his finest life and continues to be a contented non-smoker! That is Joe together with his CBQ Success Certificates:

Inspiring Milestone

This week, CBQ Nicotine Freedom Program member Charlot Juroshek from Montana, US, celebrated 2 years smoke-free! When Charlot joined the CBQ Program, she dedicated to following the method step-by-step. Alongside the way in which, one train had a very highly effective influence on her: visualization.

Every time she smoked, she imagined precisely what she was placing into her physique, seeing each puff as black, gooey tar coating her lungs. By Day 3 of this system, she felt able to give up smoking, and she or he did! Then she accomplished the remainder of this system as a non-smoker to ensure she by no means goes again.

2 years later, Charlot continues to be a contented non-smoker!

That is Charlot together with her CBQ Success Certificates:

Inspiring Milestone

Right this moment, CBQ Nicotine Freedom Program member Lee Fletcher from England, UK, celebrates 4 years smoke-free! Lee smoked for 32 years, beginning together with his first cigarette at age 15.

He had used patches and vapes prior to now and even stayed smoke-free for about eight months. However finally, cigarettes discovered their approach again into his life. As he shared: “Previously I’ve tried to give up utilizing patches and vapes and succeeded for about 8 months, however as a result of I used to be nonetheless entertaining nicotine in my life, I feel it was solely inevitable that eventually I’d be again on the cigarettes. Which is strictly what occurred.”

That realization modified the way in which he checked out quitting.

Wanting a unique consequence, he saved trying to find different methods to give up and located the CBQ Program. He dedicated to the method. And on a Friday night time at 11:45 PM, he smoked his final cigarette.

4 years later, Lee continues to be a contented non-smoker. That is what he shared in the present day:

That is Lee together with his CBQ Success Certificates:

I hope in the present day’s spotlights impressed you and confirmed you that you may additionally break away! A giant thanks to our members who gave me permission to share their tales with you.

To your freedom,

Nasia Davos (MBPsS, IPPA, MA)
Ex-Smoker, Psychologist, Creator of the CBQ Methodology™

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