Self-Reliance Isn’t a Superpower, It’s a Vice

No self-reliance is a superpower so it is not that common as a solution to vice.

If someone has a willpower problem then saying you just need to be more self-reliant is just setting them up for failure.

I self-reliance was the solution the problem would already have been solved.

Your story has good suggestions for what to do when will power and self-reliance has failed.

TEK