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- From: ppennane@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Petrus Pennanen)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Re: LSD and alcoholism
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.145915.7510@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 14:59:15 GMT
- References: <jah.725401856@mits> <1992Dec26.214438.5032@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <jah.725414961@mits>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- In article <jah.725414961@mits> jah@mits.mdata.fi (Jani A. Heinonen) writes:
- > Yes, they MIGHT. However, Petrus was IMHO exaggerating the benefits of LSD
- >in treatment of alcoholism. And the fact that administering psychedelics can
- >make matters worse for some simply cannot be overly stressed.
-
- Just where was I exaggerating? I said
-
- >With a good setting and positive expectations some of those alcoholics
- >should get a plus-four or a near plus-four magical experience if given a
- >large dose of acid, which would make them enjoy life and stop drinking.
-
- Please note the word "some" and try to read less between the lines.
- I don't think that every +4 experience makes the tripper enjoy life
- more afterwards but the vast majority of them do.
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- With good preparation (well-informed tripper, friendly environment etc), a
- skillfull guide the tripper knows and likes, and medication to stop the trip if
- necessary bad trips have been minimized in many psychedelic therapy experiments.
-
- Petrus
-