It just took time and sort of just happened naturally. I always kept my stuff in a particular drawer. The last time I SIed was last September, and after that I tried to hold out as long as I could without SI. At that point I wasn't trying to quit. My stuff just stayed in the drawer. If I was having urges I would occasionally go look at my SI stuff and hold it but never use it (might be triggering for some, but it calmed me down).

Time carried on and I fought urges but still held on to the things. Even though I was clean for many months, all that time in the back of my mind I had the intention of opening the drawer and SI-ing again in the future. Until more months later, I began to realize that life was kind of okay without SI, and that was when I officially decided to never go back to it again (or at least try to). Once I came to that realization, I had this sudden need to throw everything away to move on from the past and it was like a weight lifted.

I hope that did not bore you to death. To make a long story short, it was the sit-and-wait method. You will know when you're ready.

- AJ