Hey everyone!

I’ve tried EasyPeasy and AVRT before, but I keep coming back to The Freedom Model (TFM) because it seems like the approach that makes the most sense to me.

I understand the idea behind TFM: people change when they believe they can get greater benefits from quitting than from continuing to use. I also understand that cravings are just thoughts telling us that using will make us feel good.

My struggle is that, even though I know quitting would be good for me, I still choose the pleasure and good feelings I get from using. When the desire comes up, I focus on how good using would feel, and that pleasure seems more appealing to me than the benefits I know I could get from quitting.

I think this is the core of my problem. It’s not that I don’t understand that quitting would be beneficial. It’s that, in the moment, the pleasure I expect to get from using still feels more valuable to me than those benefits.

So, for those of you who successfully quit using TFM, I’d really like to understand what changed for you.

How did you find a benefit in quitting that genuinely made you choose it over the pleasure of using? What was it that made living without using more appealing than continuing to experience that pleasure?

Did you discover something you valued more than the feeling of using? Did your perspective on the pleasure itself change? Or did you gradually realize that you could get more enjoyment and satisfaction out of life without using?

Most importantly, how did you go from knowing that quitting was the better option to actually preferring it when you had the choice between using and not using?

I’d really appreciate hearing your personal experiences, what motivated you to quit, and what benefits you found that made the decision worthwhile.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this and share their experiences. I really appreciate it.

Good luck to everyone on their journey! ❤️