LSD suggested as cure for alcoholism

ABC13.com ^ | 10-16-2006 | ABCNEWS

[FFIGHTER]

(10/16/06) - Imagine this.

You are hooked on alcohol and you want help getting off the booze.

You go to your doctor, and he or she says, "Drop some acid."

That's right. LSD, the infamous drug of choice for many hippies in the 1960s and '70s.

Lysergic acid diethylamide, the drug that caused hallucinations or "tripping," was, of course, outlawed, giving it immeasurable street cred in its time, before fading away as flower-painted bodies grew into gray-flannel suits.

So, in the 21st century, why would a respected medical doctor even consider prescribing LSD as a wonder drug to help cure alcoholism?

[fkabuckeyesrule]

Yeah because your too stoned to find the can opener. LOL!

[xcamel]

Yeah, right.
(ping the usual suspects)

[MadIvan]

This is like shooting yourself in the head to cure a broken leg.

Regards, Ivan

[L98Fiero]

Very much like that. Like the booze isn't killing the brain cells fast enough.

[EagleUSA]

Well, a bullet is a good cure for Islamofascism too....

Yes, avoid hangovers, --- STAY DRUNK!!!

[cripplecreek]

I hate to tell them but when I was a youngster buying acid, I made sure to keep plenty of beer money handy because I knew I would be drinking to take the edge off.

[steveo]

yeah like anyone is going to read the complete article.

[wagglebee]

Speaking as an alcoholic with nearly 16 years of sobriety who took a lot of LSD while drinking, I can promise you that THIS DOES NOT WORK!

[dighton]

Being old enough to remember LSD pushed as a panacea, and with experience to the contrary, an emphatic “Not this (bleep) again!”

[xcamel]

20 years, 11 months, 16 days later, I still don't miss it.
(but who's counting)

[cripplecreek]

No kidding. The thing was I could drink incredible ammounts of alcohol without getting drunk but I tended to crave beer more than usual.

[ovrtaxt]

Ah, good ol LSD. The breakfast of champions- and environmentalist whackos.

[wagglebee]

15 years, 10 months, 13 days.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Hmmm, anyone ever tried not drinking as a "cure".

Perhaps much clinical study is neccesary before such radical methods are tried.

[wagglebee]

I remember around 5 in the morning needing to get enough booze in me to try to sleep.

[ovrtaxt]

I got a DUI once when I was 20. My blood alcohol was .013, but I couldn't drive because I was too busy tripping.

I never felt alcohol on acid. NOTHING touched acid, asolutely nothing.

That trip downtown in the trooper's Mustang was one of the coolest experiences ever- followed by actually arriving there, which was a major buzzkill.

[maggief]

Far out!

[Yo-Yo]

In a related story: "Hanging as a cure for headache"

[RobFromGa]

Hey oldtimers--

3 years, 8 days.

[wagglebee]

LMAO!

[RobFromGa]

PING, this thread might be of interest to you! Freegards, RobFromGa

[xcamel]

...or standing castration as a cure for children.

[wagglebee]

Great, but are you still dropping acid?! :-)

[ovrtaxt]

http://frogstar.soylentgeek.com/wav/acid.wav

[bmwcyle]

I thought the cure was a good woman.

[RobFromGa]

Never touched the stuff!

[ovrtaxt]

That, my friend, is the truth.

[knarf]

5 months ... I'm in good company.

[cripplecreek]

I went from a case or more a day beer drinker to zero alcohol overnight based on will power alone. I just made the decision to quit and toughed it out on my own.

Every drug and alcohol counselor I ever talked to said that I needed professional help because I would never quit. It's been several years since my last drink.

[RobFromGa]

good for you, don't start dropping acid if you find yourself craving a drink! :-)

[knarf]

oops ... that was smoking ... drinking? 21 years ... started dabbling again when my wife died 2 1/2 years ago ... pretty much over it since 4th of July ... God's still workin' on/with me.

[wagglebee]

You missed out, there's nothing like driving at night with a full moon and no headlights on in a blizzard on acid!

[RobFromGa]

This is like shooting yourself in the head to cure a broken leg.

LOL! Glad to have you back around! I met Mrs. (yes that) Ivan a few days ago on another thread, glad to see her posting here too...

[RobFromGa]

You missed out, there's nothing like driving at night with a full moon and no headlights on in a blizzard on acid!

And all without leaving your living room?

[thoughtomator]

About the same here, but I'll be damned if I remember correctly. I would bet that LSD would be a good treatment for a lot of psychological problems, but I'm not sure alcoholism is among them. Less dangerous than a lot of stuff that they feed preteens nowadays (to say nothing of what the kids get from their parents' medicine cabinets).

[knarf]

The last acid was in Boston .. early 1970something ... VERY freaky (after about 4 years of a steady diet) ... turned myself into Mass. General ... long story short ... I was on a gurney, they hit me with thorazine and I watched utter madness calm into sanity right before my very eyes.

I never did hallucinagens again.

[wagglebee]

Hell no! After three or four hours, you had to go out and do something.

[whatexit]

I found that it only turns the pink elephants purple.

[SE Mom]

June 29, 1982 :)

BTW- do you guys remember in Dr Bob and The Oldtimers ( I think- but it might have been a different book) that Bill W experimented with lsd- he thought it might help his chronic depression. It didn't work. (duuhhh;)

[Ready4Freddy]

Yeah, right. Forget Tradition 10, and all that...

The article does mention that 'one of the co-founders' (Bill Wilson) experimented with LSD. This is documented, 'twas in the 50's. His hope was that its use would lead others to a 'spiritual experience such as he (and many of us) had, usually prior to Step 1. It didn't work, and his experimentation was very short-lived.

According to Dyck, even Alcoholics Anonymous endorses the LSD research.

[backtothestreets]

ROTFLMAO! Thank you!

[wagglebee]

Yep. Ritalin and what not messes up kids a lot more than beer and pot ever could.

[RobFromGa]

For those who may not know,

Tradition 10. Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.

[RobFromGa]

I've gotta leave for a few hours, I expect this thread to have deteriorated significantly by then!

(In fact I'm looking forward to reading it!)

[xcamel]

Indeed I remember.
Congrats, BTW.

[wagglebee]

A really dumb thread is good relaxation now and then!

[RobFromGa]

[SE Mom]

BINGO! Just what I was ref'g to a couple of posts up..I read that so many years ago I've forgotten the details. I did, however, "experiment" with a TON of books on "spirituality" in the first few years...I found (as Dr Bob did) that it made me crazier. Went back to the BB and 12 & 12...and haven't strayed. It continues to be the most remarkable way of life, based on the simplest of steps..

[xcamel]

Lies:
A) Their lips are moving
B) They work for "The Press"