The Witkacy by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

His first experiences were with ether, as a teen - noting amusingly that it just made him more teen-ish: 'Ether never made me euphoric, only strange and morose' - but that's left for last, and he begins with the habit he is most addicted to and arguably finds most insidious, smoking. Witkacy devotes a chapter each to six drugs: nicotine, alcohol, cocaine, peyote, morphine, and ether. While not exactly scientific, he has firm opinions about each of the narcotics he discusses - and often speaks from personal experience, offering (what he hopes to be): 'some instructive personal truths in a digestible form'. His stance is firmly anti - save a soft spot he has for peyote (the real stuff, not mere mescaline), despite the accompanying nausea he describes - and he counsels strongly, even militantly against drug use - while also acknowledging extensive (and sometimes excessive) personal use (though never to the extent the gossipmongers claim, he repeatedly insists). In Narcotics Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (also known as Witkacy) talks and takes drugs. With 34 color plates of art work by Witkiewiczī : all over the place, but appealingly impassioned.Nicotine, Alcohol, Cocaine, Peyote, Morphine, Ether + Appendices.General information | our review | links | about the author PDM Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Additionally, there must be verifiable information about previous publications of the work. Note: in addition to this statement, there must be a statement on this page explaining why the work was PD on the URAA date in its source country.

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The Witkacy by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz