Theres nothing I can do to help my alcoholic dad?!
Question:
Theres nothing I can do to help my alcoholic dad?
I know most people say that an alcoholic has to be able to want to change in order for them to actually change. But, I was thinking, isnt it possible to use LSD to brainwash my dad into not wanting to drink? Timothy Leary found that LSD allows people to reimprint their brain, with his experiment with jailmates, and how 80% of them changed their way of life. Can the same happen with alcoholics?
Additional Details3 weeks ago
I just found this article that backs up this theory.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2...
Answers:
A relative of mine went through LSD treatment, in a private hospital, in the way you described for alcoholism. (in the UK in 1966)
It didn't work for him, he ended up in and out of Mental hospitals until he died an alcoholic vagrant in the street some ten years later.
It may work for some, but I think the Timothy Leary figures for success are probably a bit suspect.
I would say it is a very risky chance to take.