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Misleading article title. > Wilson later distanced himself from AA, as many other influential members of the program took issue with the idea of incorporating
by dijksterhuis 6y ago
Misleading article title.
> Wilson later distanced himself from AA, as many other influential members of the program took issue with the idea of incorporating a psychoactive drug into a system of steps designed to end drug use.
> But, according to Pass It On, published in 1984 by AA World Services in New York, the movement was totally against his suggestions. "As word of Bill's activities reached the fellowship there were inevitable repercussions. Most AAs were violently opposed to his experimenting with a mind-altering substance. LSD was then totally unfamiliar, poorly researched, and entirely experimental – and Bill was taking it."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/23/lsd-help-alcoholics-theory https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/23/lsd-help-alc...