Titled “Magnesium and alcohol”, this fortnight’s Mind Matters column of the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune discusses the original article, “Serum magnesium level and severity of delirium in alcohol withdrawal state” by Anithakumari Ayirolimeethal, Tisha Rachel Jacob, Biju George, Pradeepkumar Kothamuttath, and Harish M Tharayil, published in the current issue (July-December 2019, Volume 10 Issue 2) of OJPAS®.