My thoughts are that sure, when you are living and working alone, as
happens to many of us at times, it is possible to successfully apply
"force". Like making objects of temptation unavailable, maybe using a
time-locked safe or taking a week away at tech-detox bootcamp.
IIRC Johann Hari in "Stolen Focus" seemed to think this only ever
created a temporary relief, a bit like dieting and then gaining
rebound weight.
What I wrote about in Digital Vegan was based on my interaction with
heroin addicts, and is all about the friction that comes from peer
pressure and groups that reinforce (mutually enforce) behaviours.
Friends are a bigger problem than self-will in the arena of addiction.
External force, even in peer relations, tends to have the opposite
effects.
That's definitely problematic and not where anyone wants this to go, right?