Dispatches From the Fringe

Dispatches From the Fringe

The Night MDMA Saved My Life

As my wife and I careened towards divorce, our therapist suggested we try MDMA. I couldn't have known it, but nothing would ever be the same again.

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Seth Lorinczi
Mar 01, 2024
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Julianna Bright and I; photograph by Evelyn Lorinczi

Note: This post was originally published Feb. 21, 2024 in DoubleBlind Magazine. It’s excerpted from “Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir,” published in May 2024 by Spiral Path Collective (link below).

The therapist’s name was Renee. Roughly my age, sharp-featured and trim, long hair pulled i…

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