What number is your Willpower?

10 but then I cheated so I don’t know… but I’m being honest about it so 10 or am I lying again… so definitely between 1 and 10

I’m terrified that my brain will hurt me if I don’t do what it says. So 2.

It depends on the specific decision. To steal or not? That’s easy, I’m a 9.85 because it’s not something I would do. The .15 leftover is for those “what if your husband was dying and you had to steal to save his life questions” To not eat a doughnut that I know is within 2000 feet of me and is available to be eaten? Negative number, at least a -3 because I have no willpower against them. To cheat on a test? 10. To eat one more piece of pizza? 8, and that one was a lot of work to get to!

@tedibear I agree… my willpower changes depending on the situation and my mood

I am a 10. I was involved in a severe, life-threatening accident which broke my sternum and several ribs. In the hospital ICU they gave me morphine which caused me to experience the absolute best feeling I could ever imagine. The doc on call had approved the next injection any time after 2 hours whenever I asked for it, and taped the syringe onto the wall near my bed. I knew that morphine was addictive even after one hit so I forced myself to never ask for it. I lay in ICU for 23 hours looking at that syringe. Yep. 10!

Hey @tedibear I’ll give you this doughnut if you sleep with me. Mmmm… chocolate… ;-)

@worriedguy – how do you know it would be worth it? You might want to hang on to that doughnut, man!

I agree with @tedibear. My will power changes depending on the situation and the people involved.

Worriedguy, needless to say i am proud of you and your no. 10 willpower, concerning the morphine. you are correct. morphine is very addictive. this will give you an extra star for heaven.

@john65pennington My chest was all broken and the pain incredible. When the juice went in, I was suddenly calm and the world was good. Everything felt great. Better than sex. It became crystal clear to me why people get addicted.
Even in that state I knew I’d be done if I did it twice so I refused to ask. Having the needle right in front of me was like torture but it became a matter of pride to resist.
I learned a lot in those 23 hours…

@tedibear I posed the question like an irresistible force against an immovable object. A -3 willpower against a 10 resistance. Don’t get me started thinking about doughnuts in bed.

I don’t steal and I don’t cheat. That’s not because I’m a good person with strong willpower though. In fact, it’s precisely because my willpower is most likely around 1 or 2 that I’m too lazy and half assed to motivate myself to do much of anything.

When it comes to stealing I would give myself a 10. When it comes to other issues, like quitting drinking and chewing snuff I would say an 8 (I went from doing these habits fulltime to only occasionally). Eating however I would give myself a 1.

9

@Jabe73 – keep working at it! If you want to, you’ll get there.

@worriedguy LoL! Thank you for the chuckle. Now where’s that doughnut?

8

9.
@worriedguy about Morphine: I had a friend who was given it after a heart attack. She told me, “I wish I could feel like that all the time.” But she didn’t elaborate.