Trips Worth Telling
Medium's editors teamed up with the bestselling author Michael Pollan for a special collection of stories about mind-bending, life-altering psychedelic trips.
Michael Pollan Guest Editor
Author of Food Rules; In Defense of Food; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; The Botany of Desire; A Place of My Own and Second Nature.
Have You Had a Psychedelic Trip Worth Telling?
Medium and bestselling author Michael Pollan want to hear your story
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The Salvia Trip That Took Me from Alaska to Texas
I spent eight years of my life with strangers in a strange land
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I Got Off Adderall and Xanax Using Psilocybin
The trip that beat back addiction and unleashed a cascade of better choices
MDMA Helped Me Recover from War
I went from being in a mental institution to working on a presidential campaign
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Tripping on Acid with My Dad
The Arab Spring brought my father back to America, and LSD helped us make up for lost time
Finding Peace With the Fact I Would Die
How an NYU guided psilocybin research study helped me deal with my cancer-related anxiety
Why Chinese People Don’t Cry
My psilocybin trip unlocked a lifetime of repressed sadness for my family—and the people of China
Ayahuasca and the Angel in the Mirror
I’m no Pollyanna — the world is full of darkness and pain — but inside most of us is a love that heals all
