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Re: Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35

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Post by dang » Wed, Mar 06, 2019, 9:50 PM UTC

crsmithdev wrote: post #245

mrburton wrote: post #233

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There's so much I would like to say about this, but let me try not to let this get out of hand. a. The people I know attend AA are not religious and they don't enjoy that aspect of AA. b. They refuse to take medication like Disulfiram (Antabuse) and rather deal with their addiction by attending meetings. c. I'm not sure if you are an actual alcoholic, it sounds like you're not, but I would advise you to be cautious a…

How about I Google 'disease model of alcoholism' for you: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=disease... Now, who was superficial and poorly researched? That's literally < 5s of effort. I'll stop there, given that you couldn't bother to do that before attempting to call me out, I don't think anything else you wrote is worth my time to respond to.

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Re: Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35

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Post by djakjxnanjak » Fri, Mar 08, 2019, 11:30 PM UTC

tathougies wrote: post #232

__blockcipher__ wrote: post #231

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Base rates, my friend. LSD can trigger dissociative type states in a very, very small percentage of the population. Compare to the far more statistically likely damage of alcohol. LSD does cause permanent personality changes. That's what makes it such a beautiful compound. For me, it permanently altered my openness to experience, made me more intuitively empathetic, and improved my communication skills (the last two…

> As a result, I am more well-adjusted, better able to communicate, more in tune with people's unspoken emotions and better at dropping into that unique state of vulnerability that we often call love. * I find it difficult to call someone well adjusted when they are dependent on a hallucinogenic drug to cope with reality.

I can’t speak for the person you are talking to, but I feel the same way he does so I think I can help explain. I don’t depend on psychedelics on an ongoing basis. They taught me how to think in a different way. They are part of my education.

I’ve seen the damage that drug addiction can do, so I understand your caution. But they are nothing like addictive depressants or stimulants. The drugs are actually somewhat unpleasant while the effects take told, and you feel better from the after-effects when they wear off. You also get a lot of tolerance after a single dose. This means that the compulsive redosing behavior that leads to dependence simply doesn’t happen.

Re: Square Inc. Co-Founder Tristan O’Tierney Dies at 35

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Post by __blockcipher__ » Sat, Mar 09, 2019, 9:54 PM UTC

djakjxnanjak wrote: post #252

tathougies wrote: post #232

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> As a result, I am more well-adjusted, better able to communicate, more in tune with people's unspoken emotions and better at dropping into that unique state of vulnerability that we often call love. * I find it difficult to call someone well adjusted when they are dependent on a hallucinogenic drug to cope with reality.

I can’t speak for the person you are talking to, but I feel the same way he does so I think I can help explain. I don’t depend on psychedelics on an ongoing basis. They taught me how to think in a different way. They are part of my education. I’ve seen the damage that drug addiction can do, so I understand your caution. But they are nothing like addictive depressants or stimulants. The drugs are actually somewhat unp…

You hit the nail on the head. Once you've "gotten it", you don't need to continually re-dose psychs. You always carry a piece of the experience with you.