I, too use to find stopping a hard thing to do, and still, after almost a year, find myself getting a little too comfortable and lifting the spine. When I do that I slow down, and think about what I am doing.

+1 to the very light pressure. I like the saying, if you thing you are applying light pressure, you're applying too much pressure. I try to put as much pressure as I would if I were afraid I was going to tear through the strop, so you can imagine how little pressure I use, and it seems to maintain the edge just fine.

and let us know how it goes!