Key problem with compulsive behaviours: they make people come face to face with the fact that they control barely anything.
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But they are far more likely to conclude "this drug/game/whatever is MAKING ME DO THINGS" than to realize they control very little anyway.
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And we allow them this excuse - "addicts can't control their behaviour" - because otherwise we'd need to admit that we don't, either.
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What you call free will is a mirage over a vast array of conditioned and automatic behaviour. So little falls under self-control.
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And even the self-control you can exhibit is conditioned, conditional and limited by your biology.
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Which is not to say you don't have it - just that the notion that you *control* anything is, well, laughable.
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And don't even get me started on who or what exactly constitutes "you". That's a nontrivial issue in this context.