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... his alcoholism.Getty/Jay Paull Between 1933 and 1934, [[Wilson]] was hospitalized for his [[alcoholism]] four times. After his third admission, he got “the [[belladonna]] cure,” a treatment made from a compound extracted from the berries of the Atropa belladonna bush. Also known as “deadly nightshade,” belladonna is an extremely [[toxic]] [[hallucinogenic]]. Later, [[LSD]] would ultimately give...

This is so interesting! A.A. is rightly pilloried for being very non-evidence-based in its precepts, but it also reliably brings people together to [[help each other]] in a way that I'm skeptical that our more evidence-based [[healthcare]] provision system could in [[my country]].

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