Think of the old thought experiment, ""If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" This gets into the question of "Can something exist without being perceived?"
Now think of the question "Can a thought be addictive voice if one does not perceive it as such?" Is reality always based on observable perception or can the subconscious mind make some perceptions without our seeing them as such?
Take the old standby "One day at a time". One person might perceive this to mean that it lets the door open for future substance abuse and another might say it's always a new One Day so it really doesn't matter. In my mind the ODAT approach sends all the wrong messages. Subconsciously it sends an "always struggling" ideation. Maybe I'm reading too much into that tho. In the realm of the mind how do you really where the thought ends?