The Safe Word is PINEAPPLE!

A creepy club. A sketchy fast food restaurant. Ultra wealth and urban poverty. A weird night during a political conference in Vancouver turns author Gerry Taft's life-and mind-inside out. <br /><br />Believing he's about to die with visions of good and evil conspiring around him Gerry writes a contract to extend his life. He navigates this sudden psychosis and paranoia by posting about it on social media in real time-and running down the street with his daughter. The Safe Word Is PINEAPPLE! is the true story of an epic meltdown with real world consequences and important lessons.<br /><br />Part memoir part social commentary Gerry uses his lived experience as a framework to discuss-and offer solutions to-the many failings in our society. The Safe Word Is PINEAPPLE! is a call to embrace shared values have honest conversations increase personal power and decrease the pull of polarization. <br /><br />Proceeds from the book will be directed to increase capacity for mental health supports in rural communities-especially Invermere.