This is not a cautionary tale told from a distance. It's lived from the inside.

By Taylor Duckett

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In his debut book, Taylor pulls back the curtain on his experimentation with psychedelic drugs as a teenager and the mental health spiral that followed. No sugarcoating. No clean narrative. Just the truth about what can happen, what it costs, and how you find your way out.

Because whether your struggle looks like his or nothing like it at all, one thing is true: you can come back harder than you ever thought possible.

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About the author

TAYLOR DUCKETT is a husband and father to two young children. He is using an experience he went through in his late teens and early twenties to shed light on a not so commonly talked about form of poor mental health. His honesty in his experimenting with psychedelic drugs and the aftermath of what can go wrong is meant to be used as an example or as hope, that you too can make it out if you find yourself in the same place he did. Not only that, but that all versions of poor mental health have something in common and that with hard work, you can become stronger physically and mentally than you could ever imagine. He has come back from the edge and is now pushing his limits to become the best version of himself he can be. Writing, running, biking, and swimming. Accomplishing feats he never could have imagined as the once broken kid he was. 

Feature Podcast

Before the book. Taylor sat down with host Andy to talk about what most people don't talk about: what happens when psychedelics go wrong and no one around you has any idea what you're going through. No social media. No forums. No roadmap. Just a 17-year-old kid in 2007, alone with something he wasn't prepared for.

Four years of silent suffering. And then, slowly, a way back.

This episode is a real one. Not a highlight reel. Not a recovery story wrapped up in a bow. It's an honest look at the risks, the darkness, and what it actually takes to come out the other side.

If you want to understand Taylor's story, start here.

Watch The Other Side of Psychedelics with Taylor Duckett

Here's what people are saying about the book!

Duckett pulls no punches in recounting how a reckless teenage experiment with psychedelics shattered his sense of reality, plunging him into years of relentless dissociation, panic, depersonalization, and a desperate search for solid ground. What makes this book so powerful is its refusal to offer easy answers or tidy resolutions. Instead, it chronicles the long, messy, uneven road of survival and reclamation—clawing back meaning tooth and nail, as the title so aptly promises. Highly recommended for readers seeking depth over hype. A brave, important debut that lingers long after the last page.
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Andrew 5 star Amazon review
Good Read and Great Motivation Great Job Taylor. I really appreciate the work and dedication you put into this work. The incite into your views and values was incredible. Thank you for sharing your story it is an inspiration.
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Nathan 5 star Amazon review
 A breath of fresh air in the discussion of psychedelics Most conversations I’ve heard about the use of psychedelics focus on the benefits and untold potential for healing and opening up one’s mind. Surely there are legitimate benefits to be had under the right circumstances, but few of these conversations touch on what can go wrong when done improperly. This is a good read of a specific story of someone who did everything wrong. Funny at times, makes you want to cry at others. These experiences are always hard to articulate, but the author does a good job putting you in his shoes. It is a snapshot of the human experience and gives a much needed concrete example to the subject.
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T4rzan 5 star Amazon review

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