Psychedelics help people with alcoholism drink less

Psilocybin is the compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms.A combination of psychedelics and therapy appears to help people with alcoholism cut down on the number of days per month they drink heavily, according to a new study. Researchers used psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, to treat patients over eight months and saw a dramatic improvement in participants’ drinking habits.
“I’d say it saved my life,” study participant Jon Kostas, who took psilocybin as part of the trial, said during a press briefing. He’d tried Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, rehab, different specialists — nothing helped. “This eliminated all my cravings to the point where it cured my alcoholism. And I don’t categorize myself as an alcoholic anymore.”
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