“Reading Wininger’s book, Listening to Ecstasy, is like a lovely conversation with a joyful, liberated person…He and his wife are having enough fun in their seventies to rid aging of its anxieties.”
“A deeply personal story from a therapist who is done hiding in the chemical closet. Wininger says, ‘I’ve lived through it all, and now it all lives through me.’ In modeling responsible recreational MDMA use, he not only heals the shame that binds him, he helps to heal us all.”
Julie Holland, M.D., editor of Ecstasy: The Complete Guide and author of Good Chemistry
“Wise. Flirtatious. Adventurous. Wininger’s memoir, Listening to Ecstasy, eschews psychedelic clichés and does the writer’s work of wringing lessons from life. The transforming love of his wife Shelley and their chemical exploration show the rewards of authenticity. It is a fun, wondrous read.”
Nicholas Powers, Ph.D., author of The Ground Below Zero
