Prayers from the Big Book (p. 87)

I read a brief report of another "placebo"  study this morning.  The novel thing in the study was that the subjects were told that they were being giving a placebo, an ostensibly inert substance, but to take it anyway and see if it worked.  Of course it worked, it reduced their symptoms measurably.

Medicine now regards the placebo as one of the most powerful and effective medicines in medicine.  Ponder that for a little while,.  One often hears the injunction...