Listening to Ecstasy by Wininger, Charles -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Prologue. Stop, Drop, and Roll Chapter 1. “Roll” Models

TWO LATE BLOOMER BOOMERS

Chapter 2. The Journey from Me to We

THE BROWVALE ROMP GREAT NECK THE FAITH THAT KEEPS ME FOR “THEM” BACK THEN PAD SIX POST-DRAMATIC BLISS SYNDROME ’SCUSE ME, BUT WE KISSED THE SKY HAUNTED BY PARADISE REVISIONIST SANITIZING WHEN WE WERE US FALLING DOWN

Chapter 3. Innocent Criminals

A LIFE OF SECOND HONEYMOONS OUR FIRST ROLL STROLLING TO JASPERVILLE A CULTURAL EXCHANGE SOMEWHERE GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE “PEEK” EXPERIENCES NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION

Chapter 4. Higher Education

OPEN SECRET THE RISKS IN TOUCH: WHAT MDMA FEELS LIKE THE BOOGIE MAN VS. THE MAN WHO BOOGIES THE OTHER CLOSET THE BUMMER: WHY MANY BOOMERS (AND MANY WHO FOLLOWED) SHUT THE DOOR MY TESTAMENT AM I EVER REALLY SOBER? WHERE I DRAW THE LINE NIGHT AND DAY POTHOLES ON THE PATH HOW CHOCOLATE CURED MY COCAINE HABIT

Chapter 5. Listening to Ecstasy

THE CHEMICAL OF CONNECTION A HIGHER CALLING A HEDGE AGAINST DESPAIR AN ALLY IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY HOW TO EXPAND A SHRINK THE SENSE OF TOUCH MDMA AND THE EXPERIENCE-RICH LIFE BALANCING CEREBRUM AND SPIRIT A PLACE FOR US THE TIMES I LIVE IN PSYCHEDELIC RESPONSE-ABILITY LOVE ANYWAY A SPIRITUAL APHRODISIAC

Chapter 6. Finding the Others . . . in the Wild East

GETTING THE CALL, FINDING THE OTHERS POTLUCK COSM GRATITUDE PEX: A PARTY OF THE POSSIBLE

Chapter 7. Senior High

YOUTH SERUM THE OLD ISM HOLISTIC AGING BETTER OVER THE HILL THAN UNDER IT COMING ATTRACTIONS LOST AND FOUND THE BUCKET LIST AND THE OTHER ONE DANCING WITH THE KIDS ARE DRUGS WASTED ON THE YOUNG . . . AND THE WASTED? KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY TRIPPING FOR THE TRIBE ALL THE OLD DUDES CARRY THE NEWS HEDGING MY BETS DESCENDING MDMA AND DYING (OR, THE HIGH WAY HOME)

Chapter 8. A Guide to the Responsible Recreational Use of MDMA

Epilogue. Come Out to Play Resources Footnotes Endnotes Bibliography About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions Index