LSD is reported to have been used as an antidote to alcoholism in the 1950’s and 60’s. A research experiment in Saskatchewan, Canada., according to Dyck in her Social History of Medicine, consisted of administering a single dose of LSD to people suffering from alcoholism, in a supportive environment and with follow up treatment. Around 65% were said to have given up alcohol for at least 18 months afterwards, the...
Interventions that work are those that are well planned out and usually with the help of a trained drug/alcohol counselor. An intervention is not something that should be done on the spur of the moment because if they don’t work the first time, they usually don’t work again. It is the element of surprise and the show of determination from loved ones that make an intervention a success.
Naturally, planning for an...
Drug and alcohol intervention makes life complicated for people, but there are several things that people can do when they approach those who are addicted.
When people start giving money to an addict to pay bills and other expenses, and it turns out that the bills and expenses do not get paid, then it means that the addicted person is using the money to satisfy the craving for whatever they are addicted to. The...
There has been alcohol in the USA since before it legally became the USA.
The Puritans were said to have loaded more beer than water for their trek to the New World. Back in colonial times, the settlers consumed alcohol. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence in a bar in Philadelphia. Alcohol in itself was not thought of as being bad, but drunkenness was. People could drink as...
One of the most painful situations in life can occur when a friend or loved one is struggling from a drug or alcohol addiction problem.
The first things that most of us want to do are jump in, offer support and fix everything. If only it were that simple. If your friend is walking down this path to destruction, it’s only natural that you want to help, but the first thing to understand is that more than...
