Get help! It's hard. It is really, really hard. But ultimately worth it.

I neglected to mention that for a good five years or so I experimented with just about anything I could get my hands on: research hallucinogens (2CI, 2CH, 2CB, 5MEO-DMT in addition to LSD and mushrooms), cocaine, dextromethorphan hydrobromide, various opioids...

Alcohol, nicotine and my distractions were my addictions.