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**Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy: Because Everyone Needs a Little Magic After Detox**

In a development that promises to make group therapy sessions *way* more colorful, researchers have found that psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy is actually feasible, acceptable, and safe for recently detoxified patients with both alcohol use disorder and depression. Or, as one researcher put it, “A spoonful of magic mushrooms helps the vodka go down. And also… the crushing existential despair.”

The pilot project, titled “Operation Fungi Fresh Start,” recruited participants who had—heroically—already given up drinking and just needed a little extra help to keep both their spirits and serotonin levels out of the gutter. “We considered traditional options like motivational interviewing or long walks in the forest,” said Dr. Glen Wizeman, “but then decided: why not *combine* both, and let the forest do the talking?”

Group sessions consisted of guided meditations, introspective sharing, and periodically asking, “Is the floor supposed to be breathing?” Early results are promising: participants reported feeling “weirdly good” and, in one case, realized his spirit animal was a couch. One attendee even declared, “I haven’t laughed this hard since my last hangover hallucination.”

While some critics have questioned the wisdom of giving hallucinogens to people with substance issues, scientists assure us that the difference is, “This is the *good* kind of tripping.” Plus, it’s much harder to embarrass yourself with psilocybin when you’re not drunk enough to sing karaoke with the potted plant.

With side effects reportedly ranging from “gladness” to “sudden insight that one’s ex is technically a toad,” psilocybin therapy may be the most fun you can have in recovery—without getting kicked out of rehab for hiding vodka in your socks.

So if you or a loved one is fresh out of detox and looking to swap blackouts for breakthroughs, just remember: it’s not falling off the wagon, it’s floating away on a magical mushroom.