This is another generally accepted fallacy: that it takes willpower to control your intake or abstain. So ingrained is this belief, that you will probably find it very difficult to believe that willpower has absolutely nothing to do with it. This is something that puzzled me greatly. Many of my friends and colleagues, who I regarded as rather weak-willed, were able to control their drinking or quit altogether. Why couldn’t I? I knew that I was a very strong-willed person from other aspects of my life. But I was in good company in that respect. Go to any AA meeting and you will quickly realize
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