From having met Joe Rogan, why didn't just at least first try ayahuasca or DMT or something? I also can't help feel a bitter sense of tragic irony here: he's always going on about how you need to take up the sword, face your demons, climb the mountain, etc... and yet he opted for trying to skip out on going through the effects of withdrawal, one of the most truly terrible struggles anyone can go through. He'd been through alcohol withdrawal, so I'm guessing he didn't want to have to go through that again. Not wishing that on anyone, I do wish him a speedy recovery, and I can see the appeal of taking that route, it's just an ironic situation for someone who places the importance on personal responsibility and tends to skip over the social factors responsible for things like poverty and addiction.