LSD May Help Cure Alcoholism, Study Says

AllMediaNY ^ | March 10, 2012 | Vania Andre

[AnTiw1]

There’s a case for legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes, but what about LSD? A new report released Friday suggests LSD can be used to treat alcoholism.

LSD can prevent patients from relapsing during alcohol abuse treatment, researchers from Norwegian University of Science and Technology found.

“A single dose of LSD has a significant beneficial effect on alcohol misuse,” the researchers wrote.

The study was published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

“LSD worked in an entirely different way than any current psychiatric drugs,” Teri Krebs, researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. “Many patients said they had gained a new appreciation for their alcohol problem and new motivation to address it.”

The study involved 536 alcoholics. Two-thirds of the participants were given LSD. 59 percent of those given LSD did not relapse, compared to the 38 percent of those who were not given the drug.

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LSD is a hallucinogenic drug. After receiving a dose of LSD, some participants experienced anxiety and confusion, the researchers reported.

“Overall there is a big effect, show me another treatment with results as good; we’ve missed a trick here... This is probably as good as anything we’ve got [for treating alcoholism].”

[reaganaut]

It makes sense. Glen Beck just got LSD and LDS confused. Easy to do.

[Dominic01]

LOL

[Hildy]

Roflmao! What would be be more annoying than a drunk? I would imagine an hallucinating drunk!

[reaganaut]

GMTA. I posted before I saw your post.

I did a little to much LDS in the 80’s...

[TigersEye]

I really didn’t like to do LSD UNLESS I was drinking AND smoking pot. Had to have something to smooth the edges off.

[Hildy]

Yes, he did.

[Hildy]

I just googled and I found this, which was interesting: One of his [Bill Wilson] therapeutic journeys lead him to Trabuco College in California, and the friendship of the college’s founder, Aldous Huxley. The author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception introduced Wilson to LSD-25. The drug rocked Wilson’s world. He thought of it as something of a miracle substance and continued taking it well into the ‘60s. As he approached his 70th birthday, he developed a plan to have LSD distributed at all AA meetings nationwide. The plan was eventually quashed by more rational voices, and a few years later the Federal government made the point moot by making the drug illegal. (That Wilson’s plan was shot down is probably fortunate. LSD is a beautiful thing, but nothing sounds more horrifying to me than a roomful of chain-smoking, frightened, needy drunks tripping their heads off in the basement of the local Y.)

[freebilly]

The benefits of LSD use in treating alcoholism was first studied in the 1950’s....

[cripplecreek]

Not if you're ridin with our posse

[DBrow]

Kesey and company would mix LSD with cannabis and injected DMT, with a little nitrous thrown in. Or so I’m told.

[cripplecreek]

And doing it alone was big no no.

[myrabach]

hahahaha... I’m with you on this one. It just put drinking in whole different reality.

[truth_seeker]

“...we now have medications that help withdrawal from alcohol that are not addictive and antidepressants that treat the very common underlying depression that leads to relapse.”

When I learned AA, the steps were the treatment for underlying depression and avoiding relapse.

These days everybody wants/needs to be a victim of something; depression, adhd, etc. Therefore entitled to special treatment, excuses, etc.

But then I’m not a product of the “recovery industry,” so I’m biased against all the psychobabble and money involved.

Relapse is no problem if the next time and the next time you can plan of drugs to withdraw, as you note.

Shakin and bakin leaves a greater impression.

Your mileage may differ.

[cripplecreek]

Isn't that like trying to ruin a good time with a good time?

Too much fun.

[bigheadfred]

I'm glad I missed that movie...

[bigheadfred]

And doing it alone was big no no.

We're talking mental masturbation?

[cripplecreek]

Makes my cheeks hurt just thinking about it.

[CommieCutter]

To heck it does. If anything it makes the trip better.

[CommieCutter]

*Alcohol that is.

[Yaelle]

In related news, crystal meth cures nail biting.