I wrote something on a related topic recently: https://dimitarsimeonov.com/2019/02/13/how-people-turn-their-life-around https://dimitarsimeonov.com/2019/02/13/h

I wrote something on a related topic recently: https://dimitarsimeonov.com/2019/02/13/how-people-turn-their-life-around https://dimitarsimeonov.com/2019/02/13/how-people-turn-their... """ We like to refer to that effort as willpower. But, from the point of view of looking at emotions fighting for dominance inside our brains, willpower is simply the strength and effort of the constructive emotions. The emotions which lead to long term happiness and comfort, even at the expense of short term pleasure. Logical, sober thought is one such constructive emotion, and we call it willpower whenever we are able to make our actions agree with the constructive emotions. Yet… there is such a thing as “destructive” willpower. You might have seen it under the name of “rationalization”. It is what destructive emotions use to take over our action. If people say and think “I’m gonna be OK to drive with one drink,” that’s their drink addiction emotion convincing them to drink. That’s destructive willpower. It’s not the absence of willpower, but the redirection of willpower towards a destructive emotion. """