{"product_id":"breaking-awake-by-p-e-moskowitz-9781526658081","title":"Breaking Awake","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching examination of contemporary culture's quest for the quick fix to emotional pain\u003c\/b\u003e - LAURA DELANO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy do so many of us need drugs to make it through the day? What is wrong with us?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn August 2017, a car ploughed into a crowd of peaceful marchers. For P.E. Moskowitz, this was a shattering near-death experience, followed by a nervous breakdown. As they willed themselves back to life using a variety of drugs, both prescription and illegal, they started to wonder: why do we need drugs to quell the pain of modern life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBreaking Awake\u003c\/i\u003e, Moskowitz takes us on a kaleidoscopic voyage through the twenty-first century’s mental health crisis and the drugs we take – from fentanyl to SSRIs, from ketamine to LSD and beyond – to cope with the gnawing bleakness of our present moment. We meet a team handing out free heroin on the streets of Vancouver and a young mother in Chicago who has been on SSRIs since childhood, ravers in Brooklyn taking drugs to push the limits of human consciousness, and ordinary people leading ordinary lives on a constant cocktail of medication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSearching for answers to find a path to healing, Moskowitz asks: do drugs spark liberation or simply numb our modern malaise?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072435732716,"sku":"9781526658081","price":38.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ac8b9cb21b41e39e340e348a2d29a478.jpg?v=1765138556","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/breaking-awake-by-p-e-moskowitz-9781526658081","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}