Oh, I agree.

A successful quit is absolutely everything to do with the psychology of the quitter.  Some people need that crutch of the aids, but others don't.  I will add a sentence to be clear that I am not being negative or derogatory with my use of the word "crutch"; it seems this has taken on a negative context in our very strange modern world, but I meant it in the very empowering, positive, pro-active sense of a person being comfortable in their owning being and having the confidence to take what help will help them attain their aims.

The (first) world as we know it is not the one projected upon us the many connected conspiratorial forces try to make us believe.  The actual world we really function in is actually a very good place (it is owned, controlled, and structured in a frighteningly logical way for those who run it, but a very frightening way for the rest of us: but those  are different issues).  It is truly shocking, and counter, to everything nearly everyone wants on the function level, but when I say the world we live is different I mean the relations we have with our family and friends.

I mean that things are in a large part a matter of perspective and consideration.  Like the difference between waking and dreaming: both are just different patterns of neural electrical pulses.   What defines one as critically, rationally, defined as special and distinct from the other?  Even if we found a clearly defined way to give priority to commonly accepted waking over commonly defined sleeping, which I think is actually very hard to achieve, well, how could we then do the same for the notion we are in the actual reality versus a "matrix" type falsehood?

It may seem so instantly obvious.  Like a few words and a couple seconds of intuitive comments on the basis of life experience ends the questions.  Yet, that is not so.  If one actually takes time to think about it, well, it is actually very complicated and not at all so obvious.

What I mean is that which Joules is getting at.  QSJ can help; quit aids can help; kissing pickled gnomes might help.  Help is the critical word.

All these things, and others, can help you in ways that make you psychologically more likely to not be stupid and cave.  However, nothing in our known existence will stop you smoking again if you decide to smoke again.  There is absolutely no combination of aids, methods, or whatever, which will stop you smoking if you choose to do it (and that includes hypnotherapy).

The only true thing that prevents you smoking is you.  Everything is details.  Everything else is "crutch" support structures.  Those support systems are fine things if they help, and nothing to be ashamed of, but they are not the reason you don't smoke.

If you don't get my message by now, well, then you are not reading this sentence.

Not that you did not know it already.  This whole process is unnecessary self-validation.  That is a whole other topic, though.