Introduction / CODA

Copyright © 2004, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” –Albert Einstein “I have not failed; I have just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.” —Thomas Edison “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” –Walt…

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The Addiction Series: Part IV

Holding it all Together Copyright © 2002, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times This will be the last installment of the addiction mini-series for Heroin Times. While I could easily continue for months — or years — bringing up every possible situation or question that arises…

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The Addiction Series: Part III

Support Groups Copyright © 2002, Patrick K. Kroupa & Dave Hunter All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times It’s been nearly a year and half that I’ve been writing a variety of ibogaine articles which have appeared in Heroin Times. Out of all the hate mail I receive, a staggeringly…

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The Addiction Series: Part I

Copyright © 2002, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times Yo, that wasn’t me. That was my disease! Addiction? Cunning, baffling, electrical, powerful, mechanical, insidious, dangerous, solid yet squishy and operating on a principle similar to radar, only different. But unstable and FLYING out of everything. Or…

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Ibogaine: Questions and Answers III

Copyright © 2002, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times Will ibogaine REALLY detox me from heroin? I’ve heard horror stories about people who’ve dosed with it and just wound up extremely sick while tripping out. This is a question that’s landed in my mail quite a…

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London Ibogaine Conference: An In-depth Look

Copyright © 2002, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times In the January issue of Heroin Times, I provided a brief summary of the topics which were covered at the second ibogaine conference in the U.K, which was held on December 12th 2001. This article provides a…

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Heroin Times: Ibogaine Series

Heroin Times: Ibogaine Series (2000-2002) All Content, Copyright © 2000-2004, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved  Heroin Times: Introduction / CODA  2004  Ibogaine  2000  Ibogaine: Miracle Cure for Everything…?  2001  Ibogaine: the NeXTSTEP  2001  Ibogaine: Rants, Raves, Questions & Answers  2001  Ibogaine: Questions & Answers II  2001  Ibogaine: the Joy…

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Ibogaine: Questions & Answers II

Copyright © 2001, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times Ibogaine is a drug, my support system is strongly against using another drug to stop my drug addiction. They recommend tapering down, working the steps and kicking on my own. If you can do that, God bless.…

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Ibogaine: Rants, Raves, Questions & Answers

Copyright © 2001, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved Original Publication: Heroin Times What’s so different about ibogaine? I know a lot of people who have gotten clean using all kinds of other methods, what’s the big deal? I have absolutely no argument with that, or anything to say that…

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Ibogaine: the NeXTSTEP

Copyright © 2001, Patrick K. Kroupa All Rights Reserved   Original Publication: Heroin Times Working within the limitations of the space that’s available here — during the last two ibogaine articles — I’ve basically covered what ibogaine does; followed by a short piece about what it doesn’t do. To summarize:…

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