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6 Principles for Guilt-Free Pleasure and Escape

Explore our universal need to find escape, or feel high, and discover the six pleasure principles that can give you the most natural and long-lasting highs.

All creatures naturally seek pleasure and avoid pain. People (and animals) often seek or even crave something more – to feel high. For millions of years, humans have used alcohol and other drugs, elephants have sought out fermented fruit, and cats have rolled ecstatically in catnip. But we have also found highs without mood-altering substances, through the joy of natural activities such as play, creative expression, and bonding with others.

In this engaging book, award-winning journalist Jodie Gould draws on current research and interviews with experts and everyday people to explore the universal need to feel good. She examines the history of how people have expanded their consciousness; the biology of getting high, including what the resulting brain states look like; and why some people can use drugs with few consequences while others struggle with addiction.

At the heart of Gould’s provocative findings, she identifies six pleasure principles that anyone can use to experience the best and most lasting natural highs. High is your guide to experiencing the greatest high of all: Life itself!

About the Author:

Jodie Gould is an award-winning journalist and author of eight books, including Women and Recovery, with Kitty Harris, Ph.D., and Beautiful Brain, Beautiful You, with Marie Pasinksi, M.D. She has been a frequent contributor to Woman’s Day and Family Circle, and has been interviewed on numerous TV and radio shows, including Oprah and ABC World News Tonight.