Tag: Alcohol

It’s easy to understand why Jeeshan Chowdhury, the founder and chief executive of startup Journey Colab, believes strongly in the potential of mescaline to treat alcohol use disorder. It’s also easy to see why those who want plant medicines to be used for the common good admire Jour...

Ever since my father died of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in 2016, I’ve been researching this mysterious and misunderstood condition. The truth is, my father had this condition for many years; we just didn’t know. Likewise, those who drink heavily may also have ALD in its early stages, ...

I was still a teenager. But I was a bit of a wild child. I would always go a little too far. Take a little too much. And never think about the consequences. Alcohol was a way for me to rebel. To set myself free from all of life’s pressures. It started off as drinking only in the weekends. B...

The myopia theory was first suggested by psychologists Claude Steele and Robert Josephs, and what they meant by myopia is that alcohol’s principal effect is to narrow our emotional and mental fields of vision. It creates, in their words, “a state of shortsightedness in which su...

At one time, not long ago, a man admitting he wanted to quit alcohol would have drawn a lot of sideways looks and probably more than a few homophobic comments. He would have been pegged as one of two things: An “alcoholic” who probably has a “problem” A wuss S...

There was a time I thought the world was a cruel, heartless place. That it was full of judgment and disappointment. I was convinced that everyone was looking down on me. Judging me for my flaws and imperfections. This self-deprecating mindset stemmed from a childhood filled with criticism. And...

While Swift hasn’t indicated any desire to remove alcohol from her life permanently, her decision to quit temporarily ahead of her blockbuster Eras tour offers an important lesson for anyone looking to boost their workplace or entrepreneurial productivity and success. It’s a lesson I ...