nine out of ten soldiers who used heroin in Vietnam
: Lee N. Robins, Darlene H. Davis, and David N. Nurco, “How Permanent Was Vietnam Drug Addiction?” American Journal of
Public Health 64, no. 12 (suppl.) (1974), doi:10.2105/ajph.64.12_suppl.38.
90 percent of heroin users become re-addicted
: Bobby P. Smyth et al., “Lapse and Relapse following Inpatient Treatment of Opiate Dependence,” Irish Medical Journal 103, no. 6
(June 2010).
“disciplined” people are better at structuring their lives
: Wilhelm Hofmann et al., “Everyday Temptations: An Experience Sampling Study on How People Control Their Desires,”
PsycEXTRA Dataset 102, no. 6 (2012), doi:10.1037/e634112013–146.
It’s easier to practice self-restraint when you don’t have to use it
: “Our prototypical model of self-control is angel on one side and devil on the other, and they battle it out. . . . We
tend to think of people with strong willpower as people who are able to fight this battle effectively. Actually, the people who are really good at self-control never have
these battles in the first place.” For more, see Brian Resnick, “The Myth of Self-Control,” Vox, November 24, 2016,
https://www.vox.com/science-and-
health/2016/11/3/13486940/self-control-psychology-myth
.
A habit that has been encoded in the mind is ready to be used
: Wendy Wood and Dennis Rünger, “Psychology of Habit,” Annual Review of Psychology 67, no. 1 (2016),
doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-122414–033417.
The cues were still internalized
: “The Biology of Motivation and Habits: Why We Drop the Ball,” Therapist Uncensored), 20:00,
http://www.therapistuncensored.com/biology-of-
motivation-habits
, accessed June 8, 2018.
Shaming obese people with weight-loss presentations
: Sarah E. Jackson, Rebecca J. Beeken, and Jane Wardle, “Perceived Weight Discrimination and Changes in Weight, Waist
Circumference, and Weight Status,” Obesity, 2014, doi:10.1002/oby.20891.
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