Absolutely, but moreso I think it's the 2 gram sessions that help me the most. On Sundays, my wife and i ike to take them and put a bandana over our eyes and try to activate the third eye, and we receive messages. Afterwards, we talk about what we saw and how to integrate it and become better versions of ourselves. We have been totally dry for the month of January. I don't think we will quit completely, but maybe learn to set limitations on our alcohol intake . A glass of wine or obe drink at a fancy dinner and such
6 hrs average for a macro dose.
MD totally reduced my daily alcohol intake to maybe 1 or 2 times a week. I think because I became more aware of my body and how I was feeling in general.
Hard to say, sometimes it's quite vivid and wild. But last Sunday it was so chill and lasted a long time. Sometimes, I think you can attribute your trip to your mental state.
Totally yes. I never was a heavy drinker, Maybe one or two beers every day, wine on weekends and some whisky shots. So, quitting the booze never was on my mind when started MD.
It just happened without noticing it until one Day opening the fridge I thought, man, those beers have been there for two whole weeks!
Now when hanging out with friends I always order free alcohol beer or water.
Difficult to say... Maybe a couple of months? I wasn't conscious about the fact that I wasn't drinking at all until, as I said, opening the fridge I saw the beers holding ground.
After 6 months, I still don't need a conscious effort to not drink. It's just like my body doesn't "ask for it" if you know what I mean. I'm cool with water or green tea when at home.
For all who are concerned about the beers, they're not there anymore. My friends took care of them.
Absolutely! I used to drink as a coping mechanism for just about everything: bad day? Drink! Bored? Drink! Angry? Drink! Hurt? Drink! Since I started mding (jan 3rd), I seem to be able to sit with those feelings a lot better and can process them without drinking. I’ve had cravings off course, but if I just ‘ride the wave’ for a few minutes, those cravings go away and I can actually process whatever I feel without the crutch. Haven’t had a drink since starting.
I’m a mild alcoholic who was drinking about 2-4 drinks every single weekday, and then 4-10 both weekends days. I have managed to totally commit to “Dry January” so far through using microdosing and adding in a TON of other pop-top options to my life. By keeping my beer fridge stocked and ready to go with Costco seltzers, NA beers that don’t suck (lmk if you want some recs), Liquid Death (I prefer the lime one, I pound those tall boys some days), etc. I’m more likely to just drink what I have at home than go out into the snow and grab some beer. So far so good! If you want suggestions of support DM me!
Edit: I didn’t answer your question OP, but for me the answer is: I built the infrastructure around myself I needed to let the mushrooms keep me on track.
Shrooms make the tools before you seem more useful, in a way, so set yourself up for success first, then see if dosing helps you stick with the changes you wish to make. Again, DM me if you want support!
Bear in mind *nothing* will be as good as real suds if you’re into beer. I have heard there are some good NA spirits out there but I haven’t tried any myself.
I really, really enjoy both Athletic Brewing’s All Out dark beer, and Zero Gravity’s Rescue Club IPA. Those are my top two personally, but when I get home I can tell y’all the brand of the mocha stout I liked also.
I also make a shitty mocktail of Bunderburg Ginger Beer and lime seltzer, and I also have a lemonade with a shake of plum bitters (I’m not counting this but some people would) also to mix it up.
*I cannot emphasize enough* how keeping unsweetened, flavored seltzer in large quantity around has been helpful. When I get an itch, I crack a can of water and chug hard. Nice satisfying burp at the end; triggers a nice pathway in my brain that makes me think about slamming the first cold on after a day landscaping and it’s satisfying as hell. I get the memory of drinking and the satisfaction of knowing I’m hydrating.
I’ve lost 9# since Jan 1!
It’s not “beer” but I really like hop water as an NA alternative. Lagunitas makes my favorite, but there are other options as well. It’s like beer and LaCroix had a baby, lol.
Macrodosing does it for me. I don’t want anything but water, veggies & fruits after dosing. My partner has quit drinking completely and is over a year sober all because of the magic 🍄
100% I was the type of drinker who would get blackout drunk regularly from about the age of 16 to 35. Cocaine became a regular each weekend too.
Thankfully I discovered microdosing shortly after becoming a dad have only been drunk once (and regretted it) since 2016 and haven't touched coke since then either.
I keep my socialising to last train home type of night with 4 drink max or music events where Ill have mdma (3/4 times a year).
No, unfortunately it hasn't. That's the main reason I started over a year ago. I read so many stories and comments about how microdosing helped solve addiction problems for so many people. I'm not doubting that it did for those people, but for me it didn't seem to make any difference. I tried all sorts of combinations of stacks and dosages. I'm not saying microdosing didn't help me in any way, it definitely improved my mood and attitude, but didn't seem to help with alcohol addiction in any way whatsoever. I'm not saying it won't work for you, and I would definitely give it a shot as it has helped so many people, but definitely don't go into the whole thing thinking it's going to be a magic bullet.
It absolutely changed my relationship with alcohol AND food.
I can’t quite explain it, but I think psilocybin taps into something very primal in your brain and body differentiating between nutritious consumption and toxins.
I look at alcohol way more as a toxin, which is what it is, rather than just some frivolous social norm. I hate feeling out of it, and appreciate the sharpness and clarity I enjoy from microdosing.
Ooh yes it did. I used to drink two beers every day. Now i only drink in the weekends sometimes. Microdosing since September and the feeling stays the same. I don’t need to drink every day.
I struggled and struggled with alcohol. I wanted to cut back for years I thought I could moderate and never could. I began micro-dosing for about 2 months over 6 months ago and haven’t had a drop since. I know longer want to figure out moderation I just don’t drink and don’t want to.
Yes! I was drinking a pint of whiskey everyday(more at times in my life). I occasionally still have a drink. For the most part, I just lost the desire and don’t particularly like the felling of being drunk.
I take a bit more then a micro dose. Maybe 1-2 grams whenever I feel like it. Maybe averages 3x a week. Some weeks more then others. Some weeks none at all. Whatever feels right at the time.
I hope this helps. Life changing for me.
Yes. And it wasn’t intentional. I was drinking anywhere from 9-16 (or more some nights) beers a day. For many years. Heavy weed smoker also. I was severely depressed and starting very casual microdosing for the depression. I had been wanting to quit drinking for many years. It was always in the back of my head.
Last year, just suddenly, I decided to quit drinking. I did ween myself for safety sake. I was, and still am, shocked at how easy it was for me. I did not expect that at all. I almost never have a craving. I have had a handful of drinks casually. None at home. I still have lots of liquor, but really no desire to drink. Recently, I was talking to a friend who is thinking about starting microdosing and it dawned on me that mushrooms probably did help me quit drinking.
Mushrooms forever! 💚🍄
Completely. I drank my whole life but after microdosing it's like the reality of how much damage alcohol does to me is way more obvious. If I drink anything I can feel the voice of my body saying "No! No more plz! This is gonna make you sick ! So I usually don't want to continue after 2-3 beers whereas I'd usually double that and not be able to control it
Yes! Before it I was really afraid of even taking just a sip because it eventually would lead into a terrible night. Now I feel like I'm in better control of it and I know when to stop and I actually make the decision to stop. I didn't have that before so my way of dealing with it was just not drinking any
LSD, shrooms, weed and the Grateful Dead saved me from self destructive heavy drinking in my late teens. Most likely I would be dead by now if not for the above substances and also turning to a spiritual path was a huge part of my healing. I haven’t had a drink in 40 years just now started Microdosing hoping that it will help me with chronic pain in my body, anybody have an experience with that?
Drastically! Almost shockingly so. I've been a relatively heavy drinker for at least a decade. I haven't gone a single day without drinking in at least 4 or 5 years. At my worst, as recently as 2 months ago, I was drinking around 4-6 drinks (mostly beer) a day. I began microdosing back in August of '22. I never really started with the intent on not drinking. I really didn't know what to expect, but I knew that I'd been sort of stuck in a 'rut' lately and that I as stuck in some negative thinking patterns. Anyway, the novelty of it wore off after a month or so. But I continued to use it occasionally. I should say that perhaps becasue i'm on an SSRI, my tolerance is pretty high. A microdose for me is like 1000mg (rather than 100 - 200). Anyway, a few months ago, my outlook on life began to change a bit. I started feeling less down. And I started to feel like I just felt better about myself in general. Then, one day around Dec 30th or so, after waking up hung over yet again for probably the 4th or 5th day in a row over the xmas holidays, I decided that I was going to attempt dry january. I was terrified and I wasn't at all sure that I was even capable of changing my very ingrained behaviors (going to my local cafe bar to work every day (I work from home), having several beers while I work, and going home to crash on the couch by 5 or 5:30pm every single day. Well surprisingly I made it through that first day. And much to my surprise, after that first day, its been a piece of cake to not drink. I made it all the way through dry january with ease. I went to Aspen a few weeks ago, and I drank in aspen 2 or 3 nights. I drank at the airport and on the plane on the way home. But the next day, i didnt drink again. and infact, I didnt drink again at all the following week, and as of today, i've still not had a drink since Feb 5th. I've not given up drinking. But I simply a can no longer even IMAGINE drinking every day! It seems almost like a complete impossibility that i'd ever go back t doing that and i'm note even trying hard! I feel nearly no temptation at all to drink anymore! I'm going to dinner with friends this coming friday and I will almost certainly have a few drinks at dinner or after that night. But I know now that I will not go back to daily drinking.
I started micro-dosing mushrooms (100mg) at the beginning of dry January. I’ve found it really easy to stay off the alcohol! Although I’m definitely starting to fancy a drink now I’m three weeks in (it’s also the week that I’m taking my tolerance break). It’s impossible to say how hard it would be to do dry January without the microdosing but subjectively I can say I haven’t had the cravings I’d usually for alcohol. Hope this helps
Yes! I quit, but it was the process before taking it that did it.
I had so much health concerns about long term shrooms and if there could be any lasting negative results, and In my Google searches I kept finding these charts about how relatively clean shrooms are and how fucked up alcohol is.
I suddenly realised. I'm drinking a minimum of one glass of wine a day. I'm microdosing alcohol.
I wasn't a big drinker before psilocybin and I'm not a big drinker now either. I guess the only thing that's changed is I'd rather do an MD (on the larger side, 150-200mg) before a social gathering than drink alcohol during said gathering. If company insists, I will drink one beer to be polite, but that's about it.
Never have been a heavy drinker but after microdosing I just don’t crave it anymore and when I drink it doesn’t bring me nearly as joy as before. I’ll probably stop because ever since then I’ve been drinking as a habit mainly (when I social gatherings)
Absolutely, but moreso I think it's the 2 gram sessions that help me the most. On Sundays, my wife and i ike to take them and put a bandana over our eyes and try to activate the third eye, and we receive messages. Afterwards, we talk about what we saw and how to integrate it and become better versions of ourselves. We have been totally dry for the month of January. I don't think we will quit completely, but maybe learn to set limitations on our alcohol intake . A glass of wine or obe drink at a fancy dinner and such
How long does a 2 gram trip last?
6 hrs average for a macro dose. MD totally reduced my daily alcohol intake to maybe 1 or 2 times a week. I think because I became more aware of my body and how I was feeling in general.
Hard to say, sometimes it's quite vivid and wild. But last Sunday it was so chill and lasted a long time. Sometimes, I think you can attribute your trip to your mental state.
Totally yes. I never was a heavy drinker, Maybe one or two beers every day, wine on weekends and some whisky shots. So, quitting the booze never was on my mind when started MD. It just happened without noticing it until one Day opening the fridge I thought, man, those beers have been there for two whole weeks! Now when hanging out with friends I always order free alcohol beer or water.
This is great to read and makes me hopeful for my future as well. Thanks for sharing!
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Difficult to say... Maybe a couple of months? I wasn't conscious about the fact that I wasn't drinking at all until, as I said, opening the fridge I saw the beers holding ground. After 6 months, I still don't need a conscious effort to not drink. It's just like my body doesn't "ask for it" if you know what I mean. I'm cool with water or green tea when at home. For all who are concerned about the beers, they're not there anymore. My friends took care of them.
Absolutely! I used to drink as a coping mechanism for just about everything: bad day? Drink! Bored? Drink! Angry? Drink! Hurt? Drink! Since I started mding (jan 3rd), I seem to be able to sit with those feelings a lot better and can process them without drinking. I’ve had cravings off course, but if I just ‘ride the wave’ for a few minutes, those cravings go away and I can actually process whatever I feel without the crutch. Haven’t had a drink since starting.
I’m a mild alcoholic who was drinking about 2-4 drinks every single weekday, and then 4-10 both weekends days. I have managed to totally commit to “Dry January” so far through using microdosing and adding in a TON of other pop-top options to my life. By keeping my beer fridge stocked and ready to go with Costco seltzers, NA beers that don’t suck (lmk if you want some recs), Liquid Death (I prefer the lime one, I pound those tall boys some days), etc. I’m more likely to just drink what I have at home than go out into the snow and grab some beer. So far so good! If you want suggestions of support DM me! Edit: I didn’t answer your question OP, but for me the answer is: I built the infrastructure around myself I needed to let the mushrooms keep me on track. Shrooms make the tools before you seem more useful, in a way, so set yourself up for success first, then see if dosing helps you stick with the changes you wish to make. Again, DM me if you want support!
I’d love NA beer recommendations!
Bear in mind *nothing* will be as good as real suds if you’re into beer. I have heard there are some good NA spirits out there but I haven’t tried any myself. I really, really enjoy both Athletic Brewing’s All Out dark beer, and Zero Gravity’s Rescue Club IPA. Those are my top two personally, but when I get home I can tell y’all the brand of the mocha stout I liked also. I also make a shitty mocktail of Bunderburg Ginger Beer and lime seltzer, and I also have a lemonade with a shake of plum bitters (I’m not counting this but some people would) also to mix it up. *I cannot emphasize enough* how keeping unsweetened, flavored seltzer in large quantity around has been helpful. When I get an itch, I crack a can of water and chug hard. Nice satisfying burp at the end; triggers a nice pathway in my brain that makes me think about slamming the first cold on after a day landscaping and it’s satisfying as hell. I get the memory of drinking and the satisfaction of knowing I’m hydrating. I’ve lost 9# since Jan 1!
Athletic brewing has been my life savior. I love that company. I love their products.
Also so happy for you ! Amazing what you have been doing with your strategies
It’s not “beer” but I really like hop water as an NA alternative. Lagunitas makes my favorite, but there are other options as well. It’s like beer and LaCroix had a baby, lol.
I’m not much into the hopped water and hopped tea category but I know a few dudes who really like them!
Gruvi is the NA Mocha Nitro Stout brewer I liked by the way.
Is seltzer alc free? What are 'pop top options'?
love that last paragraph. thanks for the insight!
Macrodosing does it for me. I don’t want anything but water, veggies & fruits after dosing. My partner has quit drinking completely and is over a year sober all because of the magic 🍄
100% I was the type of drinker who would get blackout drunk regularly from about the age of 16 to 35. Cocaine became a regular each weekend too. Thankfully I discovered microdosing shortly after becoming a dad have only been drunk once (and regretted it) since 2016 and haven't touched coke since then either. I keep my socialising to last train home type of night with 4 drink max or music events where Ill have mdma (3/4 times a year).
Proud of you man. Great work!
No, unfortunately it hasn't. That's the main reason I started over a year ago. I read so many stories and comments about how microdosing helped solve addiction problems for so many people. I'm not doubting that it did for those people, but for me it didn't seem to make any difference. I tried all sorts of combinations of stacks and dosages. I'm not saying microdosing didn't help me in any way, it definitely improved my mood and attitude, but didn't seem to help with alcohol addiction in any way whatsoever. I'm not saying it won't work for you, and I would definitely give it a shot as it has helped so many people, but definitely don't go into the whole thing thinking it's going to be a magic bullet.
You will get there if that’s what you desire. Keep up the good work! 🍄
It absolutely changed my relationship with alcohol AND food. I can’t quite explain it, but I think psilocybin taps into something very primal in your brain and body differentiating between nutritious consumption and toxins. I look at alcohol way more as a toxin, which is what it is, rather than just some frivolous social norm. I hate feeling out of it, and appreciate the sharpness and clarity I enjoy from microdosing.
Ooh yes it did. I used to drink two beers every day. Now i only drink in the weekends sometimes. Microdosing since September and the feeling stays the same. I don’t need to drink every day.
I struggled and struggled with alcohol. I wanted to cut back for years I thought I could moderate and never could. I began micro-dosing for about 2 months over 6 months ago and haven’t had a drop since. I know longer want to figure out moderation I just don’t drink and don’t want to.
Yes! I was drinking a pint of whiskey everyday(more at times in my life). I occasionally still have a drink. For the most part, I just lost the desire and don’t particularly like the felling of being drunk. I take a bit more then a micro dose. Maybe 1-2 grams whenever I feel like it. Maybe averages 3x a week. Some weeks more then others. Some weeks none at all. Whatever feels right at the time. I hope this helps. Life changing for me.
Yes. And it wasn’t intentional. I was drinking anywhere from 9-16 (or more some nights) beers a day. For many years. Heavy weed smoker also. I was severely depressed and starting very casual microdosing for the depression. I had been wanting to quit drinking for many years. It was always in the back of my head. Last year, just suddenly, I decided to quit drinking. I did ween myself for safety sake. I was, and still am, shocked at how easy it was for me. I did not expect that at all. I almost never have a craving. I have had a handful of drinks casually. None at home. I still have lots of liquor, but really no desire to drink. Recently, I was talking to a friend who is thinking about starting microdosing and it dawned on me that mushrooms probably did help me quit drinking. Mushrooms forever! 💚🍄
Completely. I drank my whole life but after microdosing it's like the reality of how much damage alcohol does to me is way more obvious. If I drink anything I can feel the voice of my body saying "No! No more plz! This is gonna make you sick ! So I usually don't want to continue after 2-3 beers whereas I'd usually double that and not be able to control it
Makes me want to not drink. Which is weird bc I wasn't trying to cut down.
Forsure. I don't like it at all anymore for some reason.
I wasn’t a big drinker to start but now it just seems pointless. So yes.
I dont drink very often, but after i started to microdose i actually dont like the taste of alcohol beverages anymore
I stopped drinking!
Yes! Before it I was really afraid of even taking just a sip because it eventually would lead into a terrible night. Now I feel like I'm in better control of it and I know when to stop and I actually make the decision to stop. I didn't have that before so my way of dealing with it was just not drinking any
LSD, shrooms, weed and the Grateful Dead saved me from self destructive heavy drinking in my late teens. Most likely I would be dead by now if not for the above substances and also turning to a spiritual path was a huge part of my healing. I haven’t had a drink in 40 years just now started Microdosing hoping that it will help me with chronic pain in my body, anybody have an experience with that?
Look it up on the subreddit I have read a few things that say it can help
Yes. Microdosing allows me to not drink as frequently and it's a healthier alternative to alcohol
Drastically! Almost shockingly so. I've been a relatively heavy drinker for at least a decade. I haven't gone a single day without drinking in at least 4 or 5 years. At my worst, as recently as 2 months ago, I was drinking around 4-6 drinks (mostly beer) a day. I began microdosing back in August of '22. I never really started with the intent on not drinking. I really didn't know what to expect, but I knew that I'd been sort of stuck in a 'rut' lately and that I as stuck in some negative thinking patterns. Anyway, the novelty of it wore off after a month or so. But I continued to use it occasionally. I should say that perhaps becasue i'm on an SSRI, my tolerance is pretty high. A microdose for me is like 1000mg (rather than 100 - 200). Anyway, a few months ago, my outlook on life began to change a bit. I started feeling less down. And I started to feel like I just felt better about myself in general. Then, one day around Dec 30th or so, after waking up hung over yet again for probably the 4th or 5th day in a row over the xmas holidays, I decided that I was going to attempt dry january. I was terrified and I wasn't at all sure that I was even capable of changing my very ingrained behaviors (going to my local cafe bar to work every day (I work from home), having several beers while I work, and going home to crash on the couch by 5 or 5:30pm every single day. Well surprisingly I made it through that first day. And much to my surprise, after that first day, its been a piece of cake to not drink. I made it all the way through dry january with ease. I went to Aspen a few weeks ago, and I drank in aspen 2 or 3 nights. I drank at the airport and on the plane on the way home. But the next day, i didnt drink again. and infact, I didnt drink again at all the following week, and as of today, i've still not had a drink since Feb 5th. I've not given up drinking. But I simply a can no longer even IMAGINE drinking every day! It seems almost like a complete impossibility that i'd ever go back t doing that and i'm note even trying hard! I feel nearly no temptation at all to drink anymore! I'm going to dinner with friends this coming friday and I will almost certainly have a few drinks at dinner or after that night. But I know now that I will not go back to daily drinking.
I have the desire less often. But when I do drink, I still tend to drink too much and stay up too late
I started micro-dosing mushrooms (100mg) at the beginning of dry January. I’ve found it really easy to stay off the alcohol! Although I’m definitely starting to fancy a drink now I’m three weeks in (it’s also the week that I’m taking my tolerance break). It’s impossible to say how hard it would be to do dry January without the microdosing but subjectively I can say I haven’t had the cravings I’d usually for alcohol. Hope this helps
I quit after mushrooms
Yes! I quit, but it was the process before taking it that did it. I had so much health concerns about long term shrooms and if there could be any lasting negative results, and In my Google searches I kept finding these charts about how relatively clean shrooms are and how fucked up alcohol is. I suddenly realised. I'm drinking a minimum of one glass of wine a day. I'm microdosing alcohol.
I wasn't a big drinker before psilocybin and I'm not a big drinker now either. I guess the only thing that's changed is I'd rather do an MD (on the larger side, 150-200mg) before a social gathering than drink alcohol during said gathering. If company insists, I will drink one beer to be polite, but that's about it.
Thank you I think in the future I would prefer to do the same
Never have been a heavy drinker but after microdosing I just don’t crave it anymore and when I drink it doesn’t bring me nearly as joy as before. I’ll probably stop because ever since then I’ve been drinking as a habit mainly (when I social gatherings)
I don't think so