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Understanding and healing substance misuse with psychedelics

We are not a substance abuse clinic and we are not able to offer comprehensive substance abuse treatments. However we have worked with clients who were looking to quit or reduce tobacco/nicotine dependence or reduce alcohol misuse (reduced heavy drinking days) with Ketamine.

Along with symptom reductions, we observe positive impacts on increased openness, greater emotional awareness and self-compassion, reduced avoidance of difficult memories and increased life satisfaction and meaning.

For psilocybin and alcohol use disorder, a 2022 randomized clinical trial at New York University (Bogenschutz et al., JAMA Psychiatry) found that psilocybin combined with psychotherapy significantly reduced heavy drinking days compared to placebo with therapy.

And for tobacco addiction, a pilot study at Johns Hopkins University (Johnson et al., 2014; long-term follow-up 2017) showed remarkably high abstinence rates — approximately 60–80% at long-term follow-up — substantially higher than typical cessation treatments.