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...
Your family, your friends, your boss, all have talked to you about your drinking.
You are no longer in denial. You have to stop drinking, but how? You have already taken the first step so let’s get you started on the rest of them.
* You should probably see a physician. Alcohol can wreak havoc on the body long before it starts to show, so going to the doctors to get a physical, and having an honest...
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...
Is quite simply, because it can kill you.
It can also kill innocent bystanders. Are you sitting there thinking those are overly dramatic statements? Then you have not had a loved one taken from you thanks to alcohol addiction. Whether you are the one with the addiction, a loved one, or someone who had an innocent family member taken, you know why and how alcohol addiction is bad.
* First off, alcohol addiction...
Alcoholism is an emotional, spiritual and physical dependency on alcoholic drinks.
Alcoholism does tend to run in families, which would suggest that it may be genetic. The number of drinks or drinking events it takes to become an alcoholic can vary widely from person to person.
Some people become alcoholics after their first drink and others can drink casually for years before becoming an alcoholic.
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