Delayed post from me - came back here to see if anyone had mentioned TSM and they hadn't so I'll do my infomercial thing.
I would highly encourage you look into The Sinclair Method. It's based on the work of Dr Roy Eskapa and a book called The Cure for Alcoholism.
I struggled with alcohol for all of my adult life. Trying every thing possible to moderate or stop - AA, hypnosis, strange chinese herbs, counselling until I was blue in the face but The Sinclair Method worked like magic. For years now I have been entirely indifferent to alchohol and and my life is so much better for it.
The Sinclair Method also changed my life. It seemed like I had tried every single thing possible, AA, hypnosis, strange chinese herbs. The Sinclair Method seemed too good to be true, but I can't believe how well it worked. I am not completely indifferent to alcohol. It seems strange to think that this same head of mine used to crave it so.
Lockdown has really shown up how my 7 year old struggles with his maths work set by school. I've gone back to basics with him and have been drilling him on simple numeracy until he can do it effortlessly using some flash cards I bought and some iPad apps (DoodleMaths, DoodleTables - can't recommend them enough).
Since then he has sailed through all of the new parts we're learning. I really expected it to be much harder than this, but it seems like not fully understanding some basic concepts and having confidence with basic numbers makes all the difference for really understanding the why of all the concepts that are build on top.
In about 6 weeks of me spending around 30 mins to an hour each weekday he has gone from refusing to look at a maths problem to being confident with it.
If you're one of those for whom AA didn't work I would encourage you to look at the The Sinclair Method. It has changed many lives for the better (including mine).
I got HPD from a fairly large dose of 4FA once. I had persisting light sparkles pretty much exactly like the first image in the article.
I researched online and discovered the term HPPD but information was extremely sparse then. I see there's a fair amount more now which is encouraging.
From the advice I found I got myself some Lion's Mane supplement, meditated and exercised a few times a week. A few weeks later I just kind of forgot about it and noticed one day that the HPPD had disappeared.
The effect wasn't hugely detrimental on a practical level, but it was very strange coming to terms with the fact that this may well be a permanent change.
Came to the comments to look for this post. I completed TSM myself not so long ago. It has been nothing short of life changing. Seemed too good to be true, but really doesn't seem like there's a catch.
If you need help with the alcohol I can't recommend The Sinclair Method enough. Absolutely life changing for myself and many others. https://reddit.com/r/alcoholism_medication
I would highly encourage you look into The Sinclair Method. It's based on the work of Dr Roy Eskapa and a book called The Cure for Alcoholism.
I struggled with alcohol for all of my adult life. Trying every thing possible to moderate or stop - AA, hypnosis, strange chinese herbs, counselling until I was blue in the face but The Sinclair Method worked like magic. For years now I have been entirely indifferent to alchohol and and my life is so much better for it.
There's a subreddit with lots of info and support if you're interested. https://www.reddit.com/r/Alcoholism_Medication/
All the best.