Hello Michelle:
Glad you stuck around and continued to read even though you couldn't get into the site. Actually, last year we really restriced the number of people we were letting in at Freedom. The article
The Freedom Classroom explains why we were operating that way.
I think that it is important to note that while your attitude may have been negative at the start, you were still able to successfully quit. People need to know that they actually don't have to be happy about the idea to get a quit going. It is helpful though that over time they work on attitude to be able to happily sustain a quit.
The way I always express this concept in my live clinics that people who quit with a miserable attitude will generally have a miserable time. People who quit with a good attitude may still have a miserable time, but at least they will have a good attitude about it.
Both groups can quit though and over time, I think that most people in both groups can grow more positive if they keep an accurate perspective of just what they have broken free of by quitting smoking and what a real favor they have done for themselves by making and sticking to a personal commitment to never take another puff.
Joel
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