Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley

This is the only full-cast recording of The Diary of a Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley, featuring the latest in expressive and humorous synthetic voices licensed by the Natural Reader company. This was the first book to stake out a philosophy of drug use that was compatible with human freedom, one that would have us acknowledge drug benefits while seeking to use drugs as wisely as possible for the benefit of humanity. The key, insists Crowley's eccentric rehab coach, King Lamus, is to master willpower and responsibility and to thereby debunk the self-interested "experts" who are determined to turn addicts into customers for life by preaching the total impossibility of using drugs wisely.

“The only excuse for using a drug of any sort, whether it’s quinine or Epsom-salt, is to assist nature to overcome some obstacle to her proper functions. The danger of the so-called habit-forming drugs is that they fool you into trying to dodge the toil essential to spiritual and intellectual development. But they are not simply man-traps. There is nothing in nature which cannot be used for our benefit, and it is up to us to use it wisely.”