IN a TYPICAL week, Grant would knock back six bottles of red wine and, at the weekend, a litre of vodka – that is, until he tried ketamine. “It was truly profound,” he recalls of his experience with the powerful anaesthetic, which he claims cured him of his alcoholism. 3 Grant from Somerset tells how taking the Class B drug ketamine helped cure him of his alcoholism that he feared would kill him Credit: supplied 3 Known as a horse tranquiliser to many, ketamine is now attracting attention as a treatment for mental ill health Credit: Shutterstock Even though there is a can of beer in his fridge and some fancy spirits in the cupboard, the 57-year-old insists he will never touch them.
The events manager, from Somerset, tells Sun Health: “I don’t even think of myself as being in recovery because the urge to drink is completely gone.” Typically people think of ketamine as either a horse tranquilliser, medical anaesthetic or a party drug — nicknamed K, Special K and KitKat. But the Class B drug is now attracting attention as a treatment for mental ill health.
READ MORE ON KETAMINE 'RESPONSIBLE' ‘Ketamine Queen’ who ‘sold drugs’ to Matthew Perry blasted over another death HAPPY THRILLS Taking ketamine pills twice a week 'stops depression in its tracks' In the 1990s, ketamine was discovered to rapidly help those with depression and, in more recent years, anxiety and PTSD. Now it is being explored for addictions, including smoking, opiates and cocaine. Grant is p.