Climbing the Holy Mountain of Recovery: One Man's Escape From the Hell of Heroin Addiction with the Help of the Sacred Medicine, Ibogaine Paperback – December 2, 2015

Some governments now use taxes to provide legal heroin to helpless people who need it without reading this book.Representatives propose "safe zones" for people to shoot up legally - without reading this book.People sing kumbaya for 90 days in a summer camp only to relapse before reading this book.Drug addicts think they're doomed without reading this book.Clean up crews hand out new needles as they meander the streets devoid of conversation regarding knowledge of Ibogaine treatment that's contained in this book.Rescue crews save lives with Narcan without knowledge of what a single dose of ibogaine will to do someone.What a shame. It's a must read for anyone looking for true hope to turning the opioid crisis upside down.

An extraordinary story of fall and redemption by one who passed through 23 years of heroin addiction and "lived to tell the tale." The author is a gifted writer and draws a vivid picture of his life, which took him through the underground culture of the 1960s, the long arc of descent into addiction, and the steep climb out through the use of the African entheogen, ibogaine. A must read for anyone who has lived through or is living with the pain of addiction, and a beacon of hope for any who despair of finding a way out⏤either for themselves or for a loved one.

An very well written book. The author gives a very clear account of his experience of heroin addiction and his many failed attempts to quit. He writes in such a way that it is almost possible for an outsider to get some understanding of the day to day awfulness of trying to exist with the addiction and the impossibility of escape. He describes how a single experience with the powerful African 'drug' Ibogaine finally gave him a major head start in coming off heroin. It was not a 'magic bullet' but a huge initial push in the right direction, and needed to be followed by many years of effort to stay clean. The spiritual aspect is the author's own subjective assessment of events in his own reality, which is also interesting . Probably the most insightful and best written book on this subject to date.