I think stopping si can get easier w/ time but it takes a lot of committment and work... but it's so easy to slip out even though this doesn't mean 'it was all for nothing'. my problem is that I have other issues (ie. ed's) that intensify the si or bring it about and si is a way to escape all of that, to feel 'legitimate' pain..... I know any improvement is a step in the right direction and as I said (or maybe I didn't) I do si much less now but the scary thing is I am more than willing to use it when I 'have to'.... you know? thanks though for all the encouragement.