LISTENING TO ECSTASY:

The Transformative Power of MDMA

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Testimonials List

“Listening to Ecstasy shows how Charley and his wife Shelley have used MDMA as an inspiring teacher and friend to enhance their marriage, build a loving community of fellow travelers, and continually nurture a connection to the joys of life. A true and touching story, Listening to Ecstasy demonstrates how MDMA can be a unique life-enhancing opportunity for healthy people across their entire adult lifespan. It’s filled with great tips for the responsible recreational and celebrational use of MDMA and how it can be used to enrich one’s spiritual journey during these tumultuous times.”

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., founder and executive director of MAPS

"Wininger's book can throw open cosmic windows in even the most mundane reader."

Tom Robbins, author of nine novels including “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”

“Bravo, Charley, for advocating a substance that offers life-enhancing results to those of adult age, including us seniors. Thank you and your beloved for your candor on the journey toward healing through MDMA, empowering you as a healer in service to others.”

Alex Grey & Allyson Grey, artists and cofounders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM)

 
 

Featured by Reason magazine

This 71-Year-Old 'Love Doc' Says MDMA Is 'Emotional Superglue'

by Reason TV

“It's like taking a chemical helicopter ride above my life. Then I can come back down and rededicate myself to the way I want to be living.” – Charley Wininger

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“Reading Wininger’s book, Listening to Ecstasy, is like a lovely conversation with a joyful, liberated person…He and his wife are having enough fun in their seventies to rid aging of its anxieties.”

Peter Coyote, actor, author, and Zen priest

“A deeply personal story from a therapist who is done hiding in the chemical closet. Wininger says, ‘I’ve lived through it all, and now it all lives through me.’ In modeling responsible recreational MDMA use, he not only heals the shame that binds him, he helps to heal us all.”

Julie Holland, M.D., editor of Ecstasy: The Complete Guide and author of Good Chemistry

“Wise. Flirtatious. Adventurous. Wininger’s memoir, Listening to Ecstasy, eschews psychedelic clichés and does the writer’s work of wringing lessons from life. The transforming love of his wife Shelley and their chemical exploration show the rewards of authenticity. It is a fun, wondrous read.”

Nicholas Powers, Ph.D., author of The Ground Below Zero

 
 
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Featured by Forbes magazine as "One Of 2020's Best Vices Stories”

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NYC Psychotherapist Charley Wininger Says MDMA Is Relationship Superglue

by Amanda Siebert

You might deem MDMA a substance reserved for underground raves and people in their early 20s, but what if it was a medicine that could be used to help foster connection and deepen relationships in later years, too? Charley Wininger is a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist who has spent the last 20 years disproving the party drug stereotype around MDMA, and credits it with bringing a kind of “magic” to his marriage, career and life as a senior citizen.

Now amid a worldwide pandemic that has forced people to isolate from one another, the author says that “rolling” on the so-called chemical of connection could offer social and emotional benefits to people of all ages and at all stages of life.

Part memoir and part guidebook, Wininger writes of the life-changing effect that MDMA has had on his marriage to his wife Shelley, and his practice as a psychotherapist, while also countering the narrative that MDMA is a substance to be feared with data and tips for safe use.

MDMA has really taught us that experiencing play, fun and joy can be transformational.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandasiebert/2020/10/14/nyc-psychotherapist-charley-wininger-says-mdma-is-relationship-superglue/


 
 
 
 
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