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Aren't we ourselves the cause of most of our suffering? Belief in God isn't some lazy excuse for not taking responsability for one's own life. There are things that are beyond our control, only a fool would deny that. Death, the social environment in which you're born, and so forth....
This study doesn't really fit in here because it sounds like you're comparing people that go to church with alcoholics(which are sinners ironically) as if they were 'enslaved' by their beliefs. Beliefs they need like a junkie some shot of cocaine. There is definitely a community effect, but reducing religion to that aspect is missing the point of individual faith. Unless we're talking about sects, the point is not to control your mind, but to appease it without loosing your free will.