BAMBOOZLED : In Search of Joy in a World Gone Mad

After a near fatal car accident, as told in her memoir Crashed, Ferguson finds herself shattered by PTSD. The meds she's prescribed at the "Nervous Breakdown Clinic" don't work. After reading that her hero Bill W, father of the AA 12 Step programme used psychedelics to heal, she decides to embark on a similar journey to address her extreme anxiety.Despite being terrified that she may relapse, what unfolds is a life-changing spiritual adventure, assisted by psilocybin, commonly known as "magic mushrooms". Over the following five years, layers of self destructive behaviour unravel. Deep wounds from two decades earlier, when she was a hopeless heroin and crack addict, begin to heal. Then the world is hit by a global pandemic.To escape the dystopian madness, Ferguson finds her dream house, nestled in the remote Matroosberg mountains. But just as she feels safe, a week before it's registered, a beautiful woman is brutally murdered two doors away. What sometimes looks like heaven can transform into hell in an instant.Now she's forced to ask herself: what is freedom, truth and joy? Underpinned by a deep quest to travel through the ordinary doors of perception, Bamboozled is a deep exploration of self, set in an age of fear and false prophets. Written in Ferguson's no-holds barred signature style, her new memoir is about looking for patterns and finding answers in a world that's crumbling. It's also about loosening the grip of money and finding magic. Then she rescues a dog, who ends up rescuing her. Read more