"My father, wobbling to his feet, fidgeted for a tub of Mentos in his fleece pocket and, when the zipper failed to yield, abandoned the candy and reached for his keys, as if he had designs on leaving."
"He wolfed down seven grams of psilocybin mushrooms, dipping them one by one in a puddle of honey and choking them down. I recall thinking the mushrooms looked beautiful - bone white with thick blue-veined stems, resembling hard flowers."
"It was McKenna who, in a roundabout way, got me interested in psilocybin's potential to help my alcoholic father. Just as it was I who, by twists and turns, got my father interested in psilocybin."
A 78-year-old man ingests psilocybin mushrooms to address his alcoholism, assisted by his son and a therapist. The experience begins with the father struggling to adjust to the effects of the drug. The setting is a sunporch in Kalamazoo, where the father, despite his physical stature, appears vulnerable. The narrative reflects on the father's past and the influence of ethnobotanist Terence McKenna on the son's interest in psilocybin as a therapeutic option. The session aims to explore the potential benefits of psychedelics in treating addiction.
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