Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
Bill Wilson
Better known as “Bill W. ,” the man who founded Alcoholics Anonymous was known to have taken LSD. Less known is who guided his session. One of his therapeutic journeys led 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 in the late 1950s. 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 seventieth birthday, he developed a plan to have LSD distributed at all Alcoholics Anonymous meetings nationwide. The plan was eventually quashed by more rational voices. To see a straightforward discussion of Alcoholics Anonymous working with other groups, go to www.video.google.com and search for “Bill Wilson” and “singleness of purpose.”
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys
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check out that smoke ring. It tasted really good. I smothered it with Maulls BBQ sauce which is Local to St. Louis and one of the best I ever had.....
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I was recently separated from my wife of 33 years and it's complicated. Anyway I rented a room about 15 minutes away and I see my kids about once a week. I see the people who own the house I live in once in a while but other than that I stay in my room where I do my cooking, wash dishes in the shower, read, color, and sleep. I get out at least once a day. I grocery shop and I attend 2 meetings...
I would suggest reading the whole story of the man who dedicated his life to helping others.
This will get ya started:
http://aamidsurrey.org.uk/2018/01/25/bill-w/#:~:text=During%20the%20final%20months%20of,Hill%20just%20outside%20the%20city.
God Bless
I don't use psychedelics or AA. I got my long term sobriety through Buddhism. However, that is not an option for most folks. For those seeking medical help, this is a new option.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/psychedelic-drugs-lsd-active-agent-in-magic-mushrooms-to-treat-addiction-depression-anxiety-60-minutes-2020-08-16/
My friend is an old timer in AA. He has been using psychedelic mushrooms for years with great success, I am studying for my Masters Degree is Psychopharmacology. That's what got me interested in the research on Psychedelics. Interventions using psychedelics have shown promise as a treatment for alcohol dependence, nicotine dependence, anxiety related to a terminal illness, and chronic PTSD, and research is underway to examine its efficacy in relation to obsessive-compulsive disorder, treatment-resistant depression, and social anxiety related to autism, among other potential applications. As for myself I don't need or desire a psychedelic. It's a drug like numerous other drugs that I study,
Some move with the times and some spend the day looking to escape reality.
The disease of alcoholism is not the alcohol, it’s the pursuit of someone I’m not. I find pleasure in a buzz but for this recovering alcoholic, mushrooms and illicit drugs are off the table, you know why? Because I would see booze as a cheaper and Legel alternative.