Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Researchers from University of Cincinnati examined post-treatment journals filled out by participants in a 2014 Johns Hopkins smoking cessation study that found psilocybin was effective in helping some people quit smoking tobacco for long-term periods, and believe they have an idea of how the substance works. Being able to undergo an identity shift is what enables smokers to overcome a challenging, compulsive addiction like nicotine, researchers believe. The results demonstrate the potential psychedelics have to reshape self-perceptions to help people break free of old habits or addictions in spite of constant, daily triggers. Sometimes you want fungi to help hijack your mind, especially when addiction itself is already doing it. The results were published a recent study in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal , and announced on Feb. 24. Researchers analyzed the participants’ own words and found that … [Read more...] about Psilocybin Helps Reinvent Identity To Overcome Addiction, Data Suggests