Original title –prolonged separations intensify attraction, but20%chance@weaken`

If you don’t eat (involuntary or self-control) an enticing food for a long time, you are likely to miss it. This is a general rule, with exceptions. Biggest example by volume is various forms of starch.

The clay-pot rice in office fridge should not be discarded. It will satisfy a real, legitimate craving.

— the opposite phenomenon.. with a 20% chance.

As seen in numerous smoke quitters, a prolonged separation can also weaken the attraction.

However, in most cases the attraction is not permanently weakened, but dormant like a volcano. It can lie dormant for years, but is usually shorter.

• eg: tobacco cessation
• eg: I had a successful ice cream fast for a few months after I arrived in White Plains
• eg: American cheese cake .. for a few years in Singapore ..
• eg: sunflower seeds of China