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The Secret 1955 Delirium Tremens Prison Experiment | Bat Country Alcoholism & Sobriety Podcast

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THIS IS THE AUDIO-ONLY PODCAST VERSION OF A VIDEO PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED TO THE BAT COUNTRY ALCOHOLISM AND SOBRIETY YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

Buy the Just Crazy Enough To Work audiobook, the story of my descent into alcoholism, read by me: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/audiobook-just-crazy-enough-to-work-stu-nugent
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In 1955, Dr. Harris Isbell published a medical paper entitled "An Experimental Study Of The Etiology of Rum Fits and Delirium Tremens."
On the face of it, the report simply described an investigation into alcohol withdrawal. The findings still inform treatment for alcohol addiction today.
But look beneath the surface, and you find a legacy of human experimentation, sinister medical institutions, and CIA money.
Sounds like conspiracy theory nonsense, right? It isn't. And it's very scary.
This episode of Bat Country is a bit of a change of pace from the norm, and I'll be returning to the normal, more personal style videos now. But this was so interesting I just HAD to talk about it.
As always, good luck out there.
Email me here: [email protected]
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Background and Context
02:28 MKUltra & The CIA
07:01 Dr. Harris Isbell
10:57 Delirium Tremens & "The Rum Fits"
14:15 The Experiment and the "Volunteers"
15:24 Methodology
17:46 Meet The Patients
23:04 The Experiment Part 1: Preliminary Period
26:04 The Experiment Part 2: Chronic Intoxication
33:14 The Experiment Part 3: Abstinence & Withdrawal
41:00 Findings
44:38 Conclusion
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1. The Secret 1955 Delirium Tremens Prison Experiment | Bat Country Alcoholism & Sobriety Podcast (00:00:00)

2. [Ad] The Living in Clarity Podcast, with Fish & Coach (00:25:01)

3. (Cont.) The Secret 1955 Delirium Tremens Prison Experiment | Bat Country Alcoholism & Sobriety Podcast (00:25:32)

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THIS IS THE AUDIO-ONLY PODCAST VERSION OF A VIDEO PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED TO THE BAT COUNTRY ALCOHOLISM AND SOBRIETY YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

Buy the Just Crazy Enough To Work audiobook, the story of my descent into alcoholism, read by me: https://www.batcountry.co/product-page/audiobook-just-crazy-enough-to-work-stu-nugent
=======
In 1955, Dr. Harris Isbell published a medical paper entitled "An Experimental Study Of The Etiology of Rum Fits and Delirium Tremens."
On the face of it, the report simply described an investigation into alcohol withdrawal. The findings still inform treatment for alcohol addiction today.
But look beneath the surface, and you find a legacy of human experimentation, sinister medical institutions, and CIA money.
Sounds like conspiracy theory nonsense, right? It isn't. And it's very scary.
This episode of Bat Country is a bit of a change of pace from the norm, and I'll be returning to the normal, more personal style videos now. But this was so interesting I just HAD to talk about it.
As always, good luck out there.
Email me here: [email protected]
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Background and Context
02:28 MKUltra & The CIA
07:01 Dr. Harris Isbell
10:57 Delirium Tremens & "The Rum Fits"
14:15 The Experiment and the "Volunteers"
15:24 Methodology
17:46 Meet The Patients
23:04 The Experiment Part 1: Preliminary Period
26:04 The Experiment Part 2: Chronic Intoxication
33:14 The Experiment Part 3: Abstinence & Withdrawal
41:00 Findings
44:38 Conclusion
Bat Country site: https://www.batcountry.co/
Bat Country on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batcountryyt/
Bat Country on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BatCountryYT
Bat Country on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@welcometobatcountry
#alcoholfree #alcoholrecovery #sober #soberlife #sobriety #alcoholism #recovery

Support the show

  continue reading

Chapters

1. The Secret 1955 Delirium Tremens Prison Experiment | Bat Country Alcoholism & Sobriety Podcast (00:00:00)

2. [Ad] The Living in Clarity Podcast, with Fish & Coach (00:25:01)

3. (Cont.) The Secret 1955 Delirium Tremens Prison Experiment | Bat Country Alcoholism & Sobriety Podcast (00:25:32)

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