Addiction is a tricky beast. It takes a beautiful thing and turns it into the hellish nightmare of obsession. It comes in many forms. An afternoon cocktail to take the edge off becomes a bottle a day. The rush of
It’s important to note that at the time of the belladonna treatment the word “psychedelic” didn’t exist. It wouldn’t be coined until 1956, which is, perhaps coincidentally, the year that Bill Wilson first experimented with LSD. Researcher Dr. Humphrey Osmond,
It was studies like these that eventually led to the first experimentation of LSD by Bill Wilson. During the 1940s, Bill Wilson, a bit of a spiritual seeker who was interested in everything from Spiritualism to Jungian therapy, to Jesuit
Within a few months of this first session with LSD, Bill Wilson now does his first group LSD experience where everyone participating took lower doses of LSD. Present is Bill Wilson, Tom Powers, Dr. Betty Eisner (therapist) and Dr. Sidney
And as Bill continued to experiment with “something that could make a big difference to the lives of many who still suffered” other AA members were not so optimistic. If they were not happy with Bill seeking help from a
In the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous, there is a moment, later referred to as the “White light experience” when Bill Wilson, now detoxing in the Townes Hospital has his first spiritual experience in decades. The year is 1934 and
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
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.
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
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.”