fred green wrote: hey,even Bill W.took acid,but dont bring that up in a meeting.
You know, I've read that before somewhere, but I couldn't remember where, so I did a quick search. Here's what I found, it gave me a good laugh:
One of his therapeutic journeys lead him to Trabuco College in California, and the friendship of the college’s founder, Aldous Huxley. The author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception introduced Wilson to LSD-25. The drug rocked Wilson’s world. He thought of it as something of a miracle substance and continued taking it well into the ‘60s. As he approached his 70th birthday, he developed a plan to have LSD distributed at all AA meetings nationwide. The plan was eventually quashed by more rational voices, and a few years later the Federal government made the point moot by making the drug illegal. (That Wilson’s plan was shot down is probably fortunate. LSD is a beautiful thing, but nothing sounds more horrifying to me than a roomful of chain-smoking, frightened, needy drunks tripping their heads off in the basement of the local Y.)
I am a recovering alchoholic myself, haven't had a drop in about 16 months now, and I'm kind of forced to go to meetings due to a family court case going on. I just may have to bring this up next week and gauge the reaction.
In any case, thanks for the chuckle, be careful with the phalaris, and welcome aboard!
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