In this article, we will discuss addiction and will.
Are you an addict?
These days, there are so many opportunities to get overstimulation that I wonder if people are also addicted in some way. I think so.
I am a smartphone addict.
I need it for my work, so I never stop using it, but I always carry it with me when I go out or do something.I used to be almost addicted to playing games on my phone, but since I've been able to cut it out, I've succeeded in finding time for it.
I'm not going to show you how to get rid of it, but I'm going to show you some research on why people don't succeed even though they have a strong will. Rather, I would like to introduce a study on why people do not succeed despite their strong will.
This research should give you a clue as to why you can't stop your addiction. This research should give you a clue as to why you cannot stop your addiction.
Contents of the study
The purpose of the study is to assess how addicts perceive their self-control and independence.It will be a baseline lifeline interview with 69 participants, followed up over a 3-year period.
At baseline, all participants were asked about their goals for the coming year and the plans they had developed to achieve those goals.
They were asked, "Do you see yourself as weak-willed, strong-willed, or just like everyone else?
"What ideas do you implement to manage your drug use?and so on.
The question about willpower was not answered in the baseline interview, but was answered during the first follow-up.
These participants took place in health care facilities that provide treatment for drugs and practice opioids.Follow-up interviews were conducted in hospitals that were linked to these facilities, but also in public places and in the homes of the participants.
Respondents were between the ages of 23 and 64, with most between the ages of 30 and 50.
About 70% were men and 30% were women.
Many of the participants were alcohol and opioid dependent.
This is because these substances have the highest prevalence in the treatment population, but a small sample of amphetamine users was recruited so that comparisons with methamphetamine could be made.
Most of the respondents were Australians.
Most came from poor socioeconomic backgrounds.
Responses on willpower showed that only a small number of people labeled themselves as weak-willed.The researchers had expected that only those who were managing their drug use would label themselves as having a strong will.
However, regardless of their recovery status, the participants labeled themselves as having a strong will.
Reviewer's Conclusion
Most of the participants described themselves as having a strong will. In fact, as very strong-willed. However, there did not seem to be a correlation between having a (self-rated) strong will and recovery status. Rather, the number of strategies cited by the participants distinguished those in stable recovery from those who were not. Participants in recovery were also more enthusiastic about the strategies than those who were not successful in controlling their substance use; Willpower continued to be important, but was used strategically in its own right.
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Conclusion
The results suggest that many people who are confronting addiction, or who are aware of their addiction but are not currently doing so, believe that they have a strong will, although this is not confirmed.
This suggests that the reason why they cannot solve their addiction in spite of their will is the solution itself.
My addiction to shovelware, which I mentioned at the beginning of this article, let me tell you a little about the process.
I myself am a person who likes new things, as if I have had a smartphone since it was released to the world.When I first started, there were no social games like there are now, but I became addicted to them when I started playing "Pa-dora".
From that point on, due to the limitations of stamina and other factors in a single game, I installed many games and played them until my home screen was filled.
At first, I simply limited my time because I was aware that it was taking up so much of my time and hindering me in many ways.
However, I couldn't do as well as I wanted, so I decided to limit it to four and uninstall the rest.After that, I was able to cut down on the time I was spending on games, and I was able to spend more time on reading books and studying medicine and ballet.
That was the story.
When things don't go well even though I feel like it, I try to do something else so that I can stop focusing on it.
When people around me ask me about my addiction to ________ and how it's not working out, I tell them not to be so weak-willed! Don't say, "You're weak-willed!
He or she will know the hint to stop.
