David Howe
North Carolina, United States
Quit Date: March 21, 2022

I am a veteran USAF. I became a regular drug user and cigarette smoker when I was 13. Actually had my first drink when I was 5 and tried my first cigarette at 7. So I got clean and sober on June 15 2008. But I continued to smoke cigarettes until I just quit on march 31 2022. So I used drugs for 29 years and I smoked for 42 years. I always told myself that I will die using drugs and smoking cigarettes because I can't and don't want to quit! Ok so fast forward to today!! The reason for this reflection is I am finally drug and smoke free! And it will stay this way for the rest of my life!!

It's great to say that I am a happy non-smoker because in the past I never said that when I stopped! Because I never wanted too!! So for the first time in my life I can say I am and will be for the rest of my life!

To all of those who are struggling and feel that the only answer is to smoke!! That is a delusion that I told myself for over 42 years! Willpower sucks!! Mind power awesome!! I changed my mindset.

For the small amount the program costs it's way better than all the money I have spent over past 42 + years I smoked on cigarettes! So as they continued to drink and smoke I lost count on how many asked us how we can be so damn happy without drinking or smoking and I responded. Being clean & sober and now a happy non smoker is sooooooooooo much better! I told them I choose freedom!!

Thank you again Nasia for this awesome program!! Always choosing freedom!! The CBQ METHOD really works!!

Natsumi Lemiesz
Kyoto, Japan
Quit Date: February 2, 2022

I relapsed countless times before I was guided to CBQ and after doing the program for the first and second time, but the third time it finally stuck.

What really worked:

Put in the work. I printed exercises day 4,9 and 10. Read and practiced every time doubt crept in.

Every time I craved a cig, I reminded myself that by not smoking in this situation, you’re rewiring your brain.

In my journal and monthly review, I kept congratulating myself and honoring my non-smoker journey. I’m my own cheerleader!

When I was smoking, I always had the background unhappiness.

Lately I feel content and feel inner peace.

Taking a walk and seeing all those flowers bursting and growing now gives me an overflow of joy.

I rarely think about smoking at this point.

This program works, so put in the work and trust.

So grateful that I've been guided to your work and it literally transformed my life! I loved your daily checkins in the program, and also the follow-up emails that have continued to help me stay on track. I really thank you for positively impacting our lives, you are a beautiful human being inside and out.

Elizabeth Silverthorn
Washington, United States
Quit Date: October 21, 2020

This program works! It was worth every penny. I am amazed every day that I actually quit. I never thought that I would or could. I have a background in psychology so can really relate to what Nasia is saying about the Cognitive Behavioral aspect of stopping smoking.
I have smoked off and on since I was around 15 years old. Today I am 65. You can do the math. Now that I’ve quit I feel liberated and exhilarated. I feel that I finally have control over cigarettes, which have controlled my life for 50 years!
I have quit smoking so many times I’ve lost count. This time is much different. In addition to it being an awesome program, your kindness and compassion come through and that is so comforting. I have not replaced nicotine with food and I’m walking regularly. I always have walked but I always had my cigarettes with me. This is a life changer.

This program is a miracle. I don’t have any cravings for cigarettes or food. I feel free. I don’t ever have to smoke again!

I feel like I have achieved something really important and it has impacted my health. My skin looks better and I don’t cough all the time. Plus, in case I haven’t mentioned this before, I have saved approximately $2,200 in the last year by not buying cigarettes. I love being a non-smoker. You can do this. I never thought I would quit. Ever.

Thank you Nasia!

Larry Johnson
Washington, United States
Quit Date: August 13, 2021

I quit on Aug 13th 2020. I smoked for 50 years. I know I will never go back to smoking.

For me I never believed that smoking was all about chemical dependency. If that were true smokers would be like other addicts and wake in the middle of the night needing a fix. That never happened to me in almost 5 decades of smoking. When I found this program I knew I was at the right place. My advice would be to follow the program and know that it’s mostly a mind game you are playing. That helped me a lot.

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. First step was to think of myself as a nonsmoker.

I bought the program because I want them to make money and be able to continue this great program. Also I thought it would provide more in-depth detail and it did.

The CBQ Method is amazing. I don’t miss smoking at all.

Jodi Woods
Wisconsin, United States
Quit Date: February 11, 2020

I am so happy to finally be FREE after 47 years of this nasty habit! I broke up my bad relationship with cigarettes. No longer will they control me or abuse me. I AM IN CONTROL. My quit date was February 11, 2020. So glad I found your program!

If someone told me not to try smoking that first one because I was going to become addicted for 47 years I would not have believed them, especially because it was so nasty tasting and made me feel dizzy and sick. But 47 years later and numerous quit attempts I was FINALLY able to change my ending with this program.

Where I struggled with quitting smoking is that all the methods I tried were unfortunately not successful for me. I am so glad that I found this program because it makes so much sense to quit without using NRT products. I learned how to change my mindset. Visualization is a great exercise for getting what you desire. I learned how to practice mindfulness and gratefulness and most of all the gradual decrease using the inventory worksheet was both an eye opener and a perfect way to become detached from smoking. It just makes so much sense!

I am still beyond grateful for finding this amazing program. Thankful for all the lessons learned about myself and especially to Nasia for guiding in a way that helps educate to break free from the nicotine addiction. It teaches us much more as well.
This program keeps giving because there are many learnings that can continue to be applied in other areas of our life.
To help us help ourselves with the goal to getting back to our natural state.
She states “We were born as non smokers”. And…….
There’s no place like home. 🏡

Lance Draper
Alberta, Canada
Quit Date: April 20, 2020

I quit on April 20, 2020. Me and my wife’s 18 wedding anniversary.
No relapses or cheats at all!
It’s been quite strange though. I have tried quitting many times and with many different techniques and each time I am, as you say, a deprived non-smoker. And all I can do is think about smoking.

This time however, it hasn’t been like that. Sure there are some triggers but for the majority of the time, I don’t even think about smoking. I go through the days and then I will realize I don’t even remember when I might have last thought about smoking.

I know you explained to us how the program works and took us through step by step, but I admit I was skeptical because it seemed like hocus pocus and I had so many failed attempts with different methods. But somehow it just worked. I had that last cigarette at 7:00pm and then the next day I did not even miss it. Not even with my morning coffee 1 hr after waking up:). I don’t think about before going to sleep thinking how good it will be to wake up and have a smoke, or when I do wake up thinking how good it will be when I get my coffee.

I want to thank you for developing this program and thank you and your team for your support.

The biggest thing about this for me is that now I finally feel like I’ve been able to keep my promise to my daughter that I will quit. After making this promise so many times and failing, I know she was beginning to give up on me, and disappointing your child like that is one of the biggest heartaches I’ve ever had.

Thanks again for everything.

Lance Draper - Happy Non-Smoker! 🙂

Teri Traubert Edge
West Virginia, United States
Quit Date: September 19, 2021

Thank you so very much for this excellent smoking cessation method, CBQ Method, that you created to help people like me finally stop smoking!!!

I have been trying to quit smoking for many years. The first time I tried was in 1987. I started smoking in 1977. So I have smoked for 44 years and have tried to quit for 34 years. I have literally tried every method known to quit. Being a smoker was never who I truly was. Your program was the first to have ever worked for me and it worked like magic. I know that sounds unbelievable and I cannot explain it.

I have tried and failed with every other method out there. I was a smoker who truly believed I enjoyed smoking! Smoking is the absolute worst!!! The only people who benefit from smoking are big tobacco, morticians, and pharmaceutical companies. Freedom is so sweet!!!

I have learned so much from the CBQ program and I owe Nasia Davos a great debt. For me, in the past, smoking a cigarette was my first coping mechanism! For anger, depression, and everything else in between. I would leave the situation, go off by myself somewhere and smoke and think about what was happening inside of me. Then I usually felt somewhat better or more together and I would rejoin the situation or not. So the cigarette would get all the credit for making me feel better( when it actually was only relieving my craving for nicotine) and I was the one actually doing all of the work trying to figure out how I was going to cope with the situation. As a non smoker, I still remove myself from the situation and go somewhere by myself to think. I just don’t smoke because I fought like hell to get rid of that problem and I no longer have to satisfy the nicotine craving. Removing myself from the situation does help.

The other thing I’m doing is I ordered a workbook on cognitive behavioral therapy and I’m working my way through it. It’s not easy but at 62, I figured I better start learning to cope with my problems without a cigarette. It’s a journey.

Such an amazing program! I will recommend it highly!!!

Nemanja & Katarina Kovacevic
Serbia
Quit Date: February 19, 2020

Dear Nasia,
Since I have completed the program in February 19, 2020, not even one thought about lighting up !
I am telling everybody how easy it is, just follow the exercises.
I am already making other plans using the tehcniques I learned here 🙂
There are no words to describe how happy my family and I are.
Thank you

Caroline Kipp
Germany
Quit Date: July 15, 2020

I am sooo grateful to Nasia for this amazing program. It took me a whole month to do my 10 days but I am so glad that I didn’t give up and continued on the smoke cessation program.

I wanted to be free from being a slave of cigs. I couldn’t do a 20 minute cardio or even walk up the stairs without being so out of breath. I wanted to do good for my body because I wasn’t born a smoker. The mind shift is everything! Nasia puts it so well in her program. Best investment of my life.

I was a bit hesitant to buy the program. To be honest I had just moved continents, no job and at the beginning of Covid. So money was tight. But I knew I had to take a chance. I had watched Nasia Davos videos and loved what she was offering for free. Now coming up to 2 years, I am so glad I took a chance with the program. What I loved about the program is that you’re not told to quit smoking on day one, you don’t use willpower, something I had used before and fell back into the trap. This is the longest I have been a non-smoker and cheers to many many many more years. I watched the videos and did the assignments and exercises. I am soooo happy now.

I now have my life back, I am a certified Fitness trainer and Coach @kipp.fit and getting my breathing back is the most amazing thing. I love my morning workouts now- even Cardio. I can breathe, I love the way my clothes smell, I workout without losing breath. I am happy!! Best decision I ever made was to take a chance.

Shelley Dubros
Ontario, Canada
Quit Date: February 11, 2021

I am 69 yrs old.. been smoking for 55 yrs ...I’ve tried hypnosis, laser, Champix pills, all nicotine substitutes, acupuncture, willpower, you name it.. I worked this CBQ program and the fascinating thing is that I haven’t had the urge to smoke.
I thought it would be tougher ... being in Lockdown for Covid and all... and not being able to excise because I broke my collarbone On Feb 2 (same day I started CBQ course)
Work the program.. do the coursework.. diligently.. CBQ is a gift

Stacie Thorpe
Michigan, United States
Quit Date: April 21, 2020

I smoked for 40+ years. I had tried many, many times to quit and failed. It was not until I stumbled across this program have I been free of this horrible addiction. I owe it all to Nasia Davos, If it wasn't for this truly amazing CBQ method, and the quit smoking community, I would not be this far today. TO all of you starting out, STAY THE COURSE, you will get here!