Re:Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35
by stevehiehn on Sunday March 03, 2019 @09:54AM
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Suggesting the use of a recreation drug to combat addiction is very dangerous territory. I'm glad it helped you. I am no stranger to recreational drugs and have witnessed some friends suffer from addiction. One particular friend had a coke problem. That person managed to quit coke and became a drunk. Then eventually was able to quit drinking and got addicted to downers. Through out this person's life they took lots of random psychedelics so that certainly was not a cure for them.
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Re:Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35
by filoeleven on Sunday March 03, 2019 @11:38AM
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Psychedelics are not necessarily recreational drugs. The ideal way to use them in service of stopping addiction is within the context of therapy: usually a few sessions of talk therapy before and after the long session where the drug is administered in a safe, conducive, and clinically supervised setting.
It’s like the difference between self-medication with a friend’s Xanax vs having a diagnosis and a prescription from a doctor or psychiatrist. Only aside from some promising studies with psilocybin and MDMA, you can’t legslly have a psychedelic experience in that kind of context yet in America.
There are people who do it underground, trained therapists I mean, though I have no idea how one would find them.
Re:Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35
by stevehiehn on Sunday March 03, 2019 @11:46AM
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Fair enough. I guess I get nervous that people might miss the whole therapy part and think you just have to go tripping on friday night and suddenly all your problems are solved :)
Re:Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35
by filoeleven on Monday March 04, 2019 @08:30PM
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Whoops, I didn’t realize that I was replying to two comments by the same poster! My response above is the better one, and I’d have left it at that. And your note of caution is a good one, I just wanted to provide some additional context. Babies in bathwater and all that.
Re:Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35
by Gene_Parmesan on Sunday March 03, 2019 @12:49PM
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Yes. I had heard lots of advice from Random Internet People that using the plant kratom was very helpful in killing your desire to drink. Now, I'm addicted to the (opiate-like) effects of kratom. It's actually maybe a bit healthier for me than alcohol, but doesn't feel any better mentally or emotionally.