17 Therapists find that treatment of those people who seek help because they
1 h0 s9 `' t: _4 m- B* f9 U: Bare unable to stop smoking or overeating is rarely successful. From these
) F* M( a" x0 F; H$ I) k4 oexperiences, therapists have concluded that such habits are intractable, and
8 `" f K$ y7 Dsuccess in breaking them is rare.
' v. k5 U1 d5 D8 Q% @As surveys show, millions of people have dropped the habit of smoking, and
2 {' }3 R% ]) I% | Imany people have successfully managed a substantial weight loss.3 z( C& ]6 z; `) ^
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If all of the statements are correct, an explanation of their apparent contradic-! r9 q3 T+ C1 l+ D
tion is provided by the hypothesis that# Z' ^! m7 ~$ a- J( v" H
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there have been some successes in therapy, and those successes
. K4 i; X) e$ P0 C% A& r5 t' H were counted in the surveys
- c) o. `, {, E1 i+ K E it is easier to stop smoking than it is to stop overeating
3 h. P% B: G6 ~! K it is easy to break the habits of smoking and overeating by exercising' D/ J7 s8 u4 g2 o
willpower % j( L3 H+ ?2 _1 f: p
the group of people selected for the survey did not include those who
5 y% ^- G7 R5 c, V$ T( ] failed to break their habits even after therapy
' `5 v) u# Z! K( W) P" E" n$ z those who succeed in curing themselves do not go for treatment and so* k0 ^0 U& ?% t m2 e" d% H O
are not included in the therapists' data |
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