DRUGS OF EVERYDAY LIFE - HABITS, ADAPTATION AND SELF-LOSS
Why we believe we are in control and how we slowly lose ourselves in the process.
Volume 1 of the series "Between the Years"
This book is not a guide.
It does not explain how to stop.
It shows what happens when everything works – and you slowly begin to drift away.
Volume 1 of a four-part book series about everyday forms of numbing – told from personal experience.
A man sits on the arm of a crane and is on the phone.
Below him, the shell of a house is taking shape.
The construction site lies still in the slanting light of the evening.
Everything seems normal.
Everything runs.
And yet something is not right.
You function.
You carry on.
And barely notice
how you slowly drift away from yourself.
This book describes exactly this state.
A continuum that runs through all four volumes:
marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, sugar – but also heroin and cocaine.
Not as a breakdown.
Not as an exception.
But as part of everyday life,
in which substances and habits can take on the same function:
dampening tension.
smoothing transitions.
keeping closeness at a distance.
Not spectacular.
Not dramatic.
But effective.
WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS BOOK
• A look at consumption that does not stand out
• Stories in which nothing escalates – and something is lost precisely because of that
• The quiet shift of closeness in everyday life
• Why habits often have more power than intention
• The feeling of being both inside and outside at the same time
WHAT THIS BOOK CAN GIVE YOU
• Clarity instead of self-judgement
• An honest understanding of your own relationship with consumption
• Relief – because it becomes visible: this is not about weakness, but about adaptation
• Orientation instead of instruction – no programme, no pressure
WHAT THIS BOOK IS:
A clear view of how one functions – and slowly loses oneself in the process.
FOR WHOM THIS BOOK IS
• For people who consume without crashing
• For people who function even though something is missing
• For people who feel that everything runs – but not everything feels close
WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT
• Not a guide
• Not therapy
• Not a warning text
This book is the entry point into a four-part series that shows how very different drugs – substances as well as habits – can take on the same role long before they are questioned.
THE BOOK SERIES
BACK TO REAL LIFE – VOLUME 1
About self-optimisation, comparison and the quiet way back to yourself.
KEEPING YOUR OWN MEASURE – VOLUME 2
About limits, overwhelm and inner order.
WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMS POSSIBLE – VOLUME 3
About speed, success and the quiet loss of orientation.
ALONE, MOVING ON – VOLUME 4
About continuing life after farewells.
No guide.
No recipes.
But a clear view of how one functions – and slowly loses oneself.