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- From: cblanc@pomona.claremont.edu (Muffavore)
- Subject: Re: LSD and alcoholics posting on usenet
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- Date: 27 Dec 92 20:14:53 PST
-
- > Well, certainly one good experience isn't going to make someone
- > suddenly wake up and never drink again. But it can be a powerful
- > start just to realize there's something else 'out there'. One of
- > the keys to AA is acceptance of a 'higher power'. This is much
- > easier when one has experienced the higher power directly through
- > LSD or MDMA.
-
- The 'higher power' argument is nice; however, it's just substitution of
- one addiction for another, and in the long run doesn't cure the more
- intellectually active alcoholics. Besides, you fail to address the point: it
- is a disease, whether physical or mental, and simply giving a substitute drug,
- whether bullshit icon (gOD) or MDMA is not going to cut it.
-
- >
- > I've been through alcoholic-related family and group sessions, and
- > I think MDMA properly administered might have been a great boon for
- > at least some of the people involved. And I'm sure it wouldn't have
- > done anyone any harm.
-
- Yeah, let's hand people these drugs at random -- honestly, though,
- given that half of alcoholics are probably 'addictive personalities' anyway, do
- you want to hand them another drug?
-
- >
- > __________________________________________________________________________
- > Jim Petersen petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu jp@darkstar.com
- >
- > If mercy's in business I wish it for you-
- > More than just ashes when your dreams come true.
- Muffavore
-