The PIR Fora is a project of the PIR Book Subcommittee. The second Friday each month we pose a question to our members in order to gather information for our book project, “Medicines, Sacraments and Catalysts.” The first series was held in January, 2023 where asked members “What brought you to PIR and what made…
All posts in Blog
May 30, 2020 @5pm PST: How LSD Deepened the Spiritual Awakening of Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Please join Don Lattin, the author of three books on the history of psychedelic drug therapy and its current revival, for an online talk and discussion about the role that LSD played in the spiritual search of Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. Bill W. experimented with that mind-expanding compound in the 1950s and…
Personal Story: Anatomy of a Relapse
Originally published on The Fix. When my father died, I hadn’t been to a meeting in over a year. I had no active knowledge of how to apply healthy coping mechanisms to a devastating situation so I just went back to what I knew: opioids and numbness. No need to bother snorting or smoking whatever…
Video: Psychedelics and the 12 Steps
This video features a discussion about addiction and recovery with the use of psychedelics and plant medicines, from Bill W.’s acid insights to psychedelic healing and practice. Recorded on January 17, 2017 at the Alchemist Kitchen in New York City.
Personal Story: I Take Psychedelic Drugs and I’m in Recovery
Originally published on The Fix. When abstinence is prioritized as the truest form of recovery, we lose sight of the fact that recovery is a diverse, personalized and evolving process. In March, I took psychedelics for the first time in over five years. While that may not be the most shocking revelation to admit, a…
Personal Story: Beyond Alcoholics Anonymous, I Turned To Ayahuasca
Originally published on Reset.me. “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance –– that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” Alcoholics Anonymous Basic Text I am an AA apostate. 12 and a half years ago,…