&gt; The problem is clearly one of lack of self-control...<p>I&#x27;m not aware of enough evidence to say that it&#x27;s <i>clearly</i> anything... if you have references on this I&#x27;d be keen to hear them.<p>Short of some actual studies in this area, I&#x27;m skeptical.<p>Baumeister&#x27;s work on ego depletion showed that self-control isn&#x27;t a constant trait, it varies with other factors, so to show that self-control was the problem you&#x27;d have to show that there are no more hidden variables.