Most memoirs are simply that: an individual's recollection of portions of their lives that they hope are interesting enough to share with others. But when an experienced psychotherapist, backpacker, and hitchhiker writes his memoir, he offers more than his own experiences and dramas. From the opening scene of a harrowing lost-in-the-wilderness-and-making-stupid-mistakes tale to a cancer diagnosis to simply facing the knowledge that you have fewer years ahead of you than behind, themes of mortality echo throughout Good to the Last Drop.