The book The Eden Express (2002) by Mark Vonnegut is a memoir about the authors psychotic break down and his recovery from it. In the beginning of the book Vonnegut was tired of his life in the city so he and his girlfriend decided to leave and go to British Columbia, Canada. Along with some of their friends they built a commune in what seemed to be the middle of no where. Everything was going well and Mark was happier then ever. Then on a day that seemed perfect, they decided to do mescaline. Contradictory to Mark’s first mescaline trip this one was great and the days after he still felt great. Then one day Mark became unable to sleep or eat and started getting several other physical and mental symptoms. A few days later he got admitted to a mental hospital where he was given thorazine, makes a quick recovery, and gets released but against his doctor’s orders. He returns to the farm but shortly after he relapses and gets admitted to the hospital again. His second visit  was more effective toward his recovery from what the doctor told him was schizophrenia. When he got released he got an apartment with Virginia in Vancouver and continued to see his doctor. He is kept on thorazine which he hated being on but the doctor told him that he needed to stay on it. He later came back to the farm but decided to leave and continue his recovery elsewhere.