nepenthe

"...he was still so stupid that he might have been stuffed with poppy, mandrake and nepenthe, and it took him some moments to understand the steward's cry, 'Come on, sir, We'm sunk.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 242

Oh, way to take all the fun out of getting wasted, rocks....
;-)

Ah, but the relief that nepenthes tempts us with comes by way of forgetting. Thus, having no recollection of our prior woes, isn't it likely we will simply find our way right back to worry and pain?

Think it's over-the-counter yet? ;-)

From Odysseus, a substance or drug that relieves one of all worry and pain.

From Odysseus, a substance or drug that relieves one of all worry and pain.

Not that Nepenthes which the wife of Thone,
In Egypt gave to Jove-born Helena
Is of such power to stir up joy as this ...
Milton, Comus