Originally Posted by
StevenSlate 
If just exposing people to the ideas could in some way force people to accept them (control their minds), then we wouldn't see so much continued problematic substance use - such high relapse rates post-treatment. Or maybe we wouldn't even need that. Maybe Just Say No ads would do the trick, if we could control other people's minds and force them to accept ideas.
Greenwood618 reminded me about this topic several days ago when he posted:
“Of course, anyone is free to create whatever notions they wish, and in fact, a central tenet of [a method I should probably not name on this thread] is something all mature adults recognize, and that is that no one particularly cares how, or even if, you quit drinking.”