Someone Who Isn't Me

Emo frontman Geoff Rickly turned ibogaine rehab and heroin addiction into a debut novel — written sober, reads like Dante on a bad trip.

Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly turns his heroin addiction into a hallucinatory debut novel — part memoir, part Dante, impressive enough to launch a new publishing house.

Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly's autofiction tackles heroin addiction and ibogaine recovery without glamorizing either — messy, self-aware, and sharper than typical rockstar memoir.

Thursday's Geoff Rickly turns his heroin addiction and ibogaine-fuelled near-death into a visceral, poetic debut novel. A harrowing 5/5 literary triumph.

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Thursday's Geoff Rickly opens up about surviving heroin addiction, ibogaine treatment in Mexico, and his debut novel — plus emo scene stories spanning two decades.

Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly on surviving heroin addiction, ibogaine treatment in Mexico, and channeling that harrowing experience into his debut novel.

Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly's debut novel fictionalizes his heroin addiction recovery through ibogaine-induced hallucinations — psychedelic, Dante-esque, and reportedly the interviewer's book of the year.

Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly wrote a novel about his heroin addiction and Ibogaine recovery. His interviewer was there for all of it.

Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly, turning 47, discusses his Substack, creative inspiration, and MCR's rise — proof he's still evolving, not coasting on nostalgia.

Emo frontman Geoff Rickly explains why he wrote a novel—not an album—about heroin addiction, and how fiction freed him from memoir's constraints.

Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly's debut novel fictionalizes his heroin addiction recovery through ibogaine-induced hallucinations. Psychedelic, semi-autobiographical, and structurally tight — worth your time.