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NJCher

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10. I don't know where I saw this, but
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:32 AM
Friday

it was some news show. They interviewed a man, a former alcoholic, who had recovered. He came from a family with "funds", and he was starting a medical foundation that would cover research into curing alcohol as a disease.

I think another medical development has already found something. As I understand it, drugs like Wegovey (sp?) sort of systematically lower the desire for alcohol (also drugs).

Meditation will get someone to the same place. Most people don't know that, but it does. The problem with that solution is that most people in the torments of alcoholism are in no position to discipline their mind, which is necessary in meditation.

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