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[boromir]

Re: opportunity, indeed. Opportunity must be recognized and aggressively pounced upon. I can create a program that would manifest such opportunities, and mae you aware of them, and get you to aggressively and actively pursue them to fruition.

Not wanting to be a slave to one's vices, I can understand. Being in control, and enjoying in moderation, however, seems rather difficult to accomplish realistically. The problem arises as to the variability of the definition of "reasonable". Everyone's definition is different, and may differ also between the conscious and subconscious minds. The real danger here, however, is in making a program that becomes an enabler: allowing people to continue doing things that are self destructive under the guise of being "controlled usage".

I am not saying you are an alcoholic or a drug abuser, as I certainly could not know that, but consider the potential of such a program in the hands of someone who is. Suddenly, they have justification for continuing their destructive behavior as long as they use (or at least pretend to use) the "enabler" program. And when it comes to things like cigarettes, creating an enabling program to "control" but not stop the use of such a product makes me party to the self destruction of the individual for the purpose of gratification. If you want to smoke, that is your choice; but having a mother who is dying from lung cancer (caused by smoking), who also has emphysema (caused by smoking) I am firmly of the opinion that cigarettes should be in the same class of drugs as heroin, that the only reason they are not is because they were not recognized as being dangerous until there was too much money to be made for it to be convenient to do something about them, and that helping someone to continue smoking in any way is morally objectionable. Yes, my mother stopped smoking after 50 years by using my subliminal, but I was not able to create the program and get her to use it in time to prevent those things. I can't and won't help you do the same to yourself, even if it is in a "controlled manner".

Neither can I reasonably create a subliminal that gives an excuse to an alcoholic or a drug abuser, even if it would be helpful to you otherwise. I can help you stop, and I can help you enjoy having stopped, but "controlling" is too dangerous for a subliminal to try to do in my opinion.

I relate to what you are saying, i lost both my parents in their early 50's. Cigarettes were the catalyst, but it really was the stress of my father being a captain of an airplane for many years, and my mom enduring it. They lived live to the fullest, unfortunately that included heavy smoking and drinking. I often feel I fall into the same addictive behavior at times; however, I take care of myself a heck of lot better.