High Spirits

<p>From the first fermented fruit to the last digital dopamine hit - this is the ultimate story of humanity's oldest habit: getting out of its own head.</p><p>High Spirits is a darkly funny brutally honest journey through thousands of years of intoxication - from sacred brews and opium dreams to caffeine addictions love obsessions and virtual highs. Historian-philosopher Heinrich Wilson uncorks the truth about our species: we've always been drunk on something whether it's wine religion technology or ourselves.</p><p>Why do we chase pleasure knowing it ruins us? Why do comfort and chaos taste so similar? And what happens when the next big high isn't in a bottle but in a microchip?</p><p>Blending history psychology and wicked humor Wilson traces the rise of civilization through its hangovers - revealing that every empire every invention and every idea was born from one irresistible impulse: the desire to feel more alive.</p><p>Raise a glass plug in and take the trip.</p><p>Because sobriety was never humanity's strong suit.</p>