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LSD suggested as cure for alcoholism
ABC13.com ^
| 10-16-2006
| ABCNEWS
Posted on 10/16/2006 3:58:35 PM PDT by 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?
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: aa; alcholism; billwilson; brianwilson; lsd; sydbarrett
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To: ovrtaxt
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:19:02 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: SirLurkedalot; kjvail; bad company; xcamel; mystery-ak; Pookyhead; Puppage; shattered; TShaunK; ...
PING, this thread might be of interest to you! Freegards, RobFromGa
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:19:35 PM PDT
by
RobFromGa
(Monthly donors rock!)
To: Yo-Yo
...or standing castration as a cure for children.
23
posted on
10/16/2006 4:20:33 PM PDT
by
xcamel
(Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
To: RobFromGa
Great, but are you still dropping acid?! :-)
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:20:37 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: maggief
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:20:46 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
To: FFIGHTER
I thought the cure was a good woman.
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:20:47 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
To: wagglebee
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:22:02 PM PDT
by
RobFromGa
(Monthly donors rock!)
To: bmwcyle
That, my friend, is the truth.
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:22:04 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
To: RobFromGa
5 months ... I'm in good company.
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:22:05 PM PDT
by
knarf
(Islamists kill each other ... News wall-to-wall, 24/7 .. don't touch that dial.)
To: Names Ash Housewares
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.
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:22:55 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: knarf
good for you, don't start dropping acid if you find yourself craving a drink! :-)
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:23:04 PM PDT
by
RobFromGa
(Monthly donors rock!)
To: 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.
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:23:57 PM PDT
by
knarf
(Islamists kill each other ... News wall-to-wall, 24/7 .. don't touch that dial.)
To: RobFromGa
You missed out, there's nothing like driving at night with a full moon and no headlights on in a blizzard on acid!
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:25:11 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: MadIvan
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...
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:25:12 PM PDT
by
RobFromGa
(Monthly donors rock!)
To: wagglebee
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?
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:26:18 PM PDT
by
RobFromGa
(Monthly donors rock!)
To: wagglebee
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).
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:26:30 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Islam delenda est)
To: RobFromGa
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.
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:27:21 PM PDT
by
knarf
(Islamists kill each other ... News wall-to-wall, 24/7 .. don't touch that dial.)
To: RobFromGa
Hell no! After three or four hours, you had to go out and do something.
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:27:57 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: FFIGHTER
I found that it only turns the pink elephants purple.
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:28:13 PM PDT
by
whatexit
To: xcamel; RobFromGa; All
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;)
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posted on
10/16/2006 4:28:31 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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