Wow, astral travel & lucid dreaming are not things I'm too familiar with.  I've heard of them, read a little & have a friend who practices lucid dreaming, but really I'm in the dark.  I'd like to learn more.

Jung & spirituality - I think I probably inferred more than is there.  Perhaps it was the head space I was in at the time, but I do feel there was a spiritual undercurrent to a lot of the material I read.  Phrases such as 'transcendent function' helped with my interpretation I think.  Jung did plenty of research into the occult & mysticism, so I think there's a natural spiritual link there.  I avoided the heavily technical psychology, so I'm biased of course.

Booze -I never managed to keep count of what I was drinking.  I was mainly a beer man, switching to spirits if I physically couldn't stomach any more fizzy alcohol, or if I'd had a brainstorm of sorts.  A big part of my problem was a total lack of control over whether to stop or not once I'd taken the first drink of the day.  Usually I just kept going until I dropped or ran out of cash.  There were odd exceptions of course, but they prove the rule as the saying goes.