Sobriety has evolved from a radical social movement aimed at moral rectification to a modern tool for personal self-optimization and health consciousness.
From sacred hot springs to the Esalen Institute, where does the 'mystical-type experience' emerge in Big Sur?
My friends in LA have strip mall psychics and green juice cleanses. My friends in New York have ketamine nasal sprays and love triangles. In Northern California, we have guides who give us ego-dissolving doses of psychedelics.