A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life - Hardcover

Waldman, Ayelet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0451494091 ISBN 13: 9780451494092

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2017

Synopsis

The true story of how a renowned writer's struggle with mood storms led her to try a remedy as drastic as it is forbidden: microdoses of LSD. Her revealing, fascinating journey provides a window into one family and the complex world of a once-infamous drug seen through new eyes.

When a small vial arrives in her mailbox from "Lewis Carroll," Ayelet Waldman is at a low point. Her moods have become intolerably severe; she has tried nearly every medication possible; her husband and children are suffering with her. So she opens the vial, places two drops on her tongue, and joins the ranks of an underground but increasingly vocal group of scientists and civilians successfully using therapeutic microdoses of LSD. As Waldman charts her experience over the course of a month--bursts of productivity, sleepless nights, a newfound sense of equanimity--she also explores the history and mythology of LSD, the cutting-edge research into the drug, and the byzantine policies that control it. Drawing on her experience as a federal public defender, and as the mother of teenagers, and her research into the therapeutic value of psychedelics, Waldman has produced a book that is eye-opening, often hilarious, and utterly enthralling.

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Review

"Genuinely brave and human... In normalizing the conversation about LSD, she may one day help others feel normal." --Jennifer Senior, The New York Times

"A wildly brilliant, radically candid, and rigorous daybook of [Waldman's] life-changing, last-resort journey." --Lisa Shea, Elle

"Relentlessly honest and surprisingly funny." --Sharon Peters, USA Today

"An intriguing and thorough look at the therapeutic possibilities of an illegal drug... Engaging and deeply researched." --Nora Krug, The Washington Post

"Smart, outspoken, provoking, and funny... Poignant, sometimes hilarious... Waldman calls for renewed research and drug-law reform in this informative, candid, altogether irresistible quest." --Donna Seaman, Booklist

"Honest and intelligent... A humane, well-reasoned, and absolutely necessary argument for a major overhaul of America's drug policy. The book triumphantly coheres in a lucid manifesto of how and why the racist, immoral undertaking called the War on Drugs has failed... Passionate, persuasive." --Claire Vaye Watkins, The New Republic

Book Description

A revealing, courageous, fascinating, and funny account of the author's experiment with microdoses of LSD in an effort to treat a debilitating mood disorder, of her quest to understand a misunderstood drug, and of her search for a really good day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0451494091
• ISBN 13: 9780451494092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 229