Madness Radio: Rocky Caravelli Treating Addiction with Psychedelic Ibogaine
First Aired 6-20-2007 Duration: 57:12
Rocky Caravelli talks about his recovery from 25 years of methamphetamine and heroin addition and a bipolar diagnosis through treatment with Ibogaine, a visionary plant medicine from indigenous people in West Africa, and his work helping many others heal. Rocky is director of Ibogaine treatment center Awaken In The Dream house in San Francisco de Nayarit, Mexico. www.awakeninginthedream.com/
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Just wondering about the chance of getting addicted to the cure. A good percentage of naturally occurring psychedelics are addictive albeit moderately so.
Hi there -- my understanding is there is no addiction risk for Ibogaine because the drug is so painful and upsetting to take; it's not pleasurable like other addictive substances.
While people may return too often to psychedelic drug use (like any powerful experience can become compelling in an unhealthy way), they are not considered addictive like substances such as alcohol, nicotine, benzodiazepines or heroin are. Psychedelics do have their risks but addiction is not one of them. It's important to have accurate information about drugs and drug use, and I caution about accepting misinformation spread by the war on drugs.
Erowid is a good source for accurate information about psychedelics. http://www.erowid.org/
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