Alcoholics Anonymous: How LSD Almost Became the 13th Step
[prohbtd.com]
"The goal of the earliest of these trials was to use LSD to mimic the temporary psychosis caused by alcohol withdrawal known as delirium tremens, thereby scaring the patient away from alcohol consumption via a sort of aversion therapy. But this method didn’t work very well, considering, as Lyons explains, that instead of reacting to their experience with horror, “patients often responded favourably [sic], claiming to enjoy the experience, and even suggested that it had provided a window into a spiritual environment/landscape.”"
"Well, I never knew anything like that in the whole of my life."
I recently finished "How to Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollan -- a very good read.