DOSE: T+ 0:00	6 g	oral	Mushrooms - P. cubensis	(dried)
T+ 6:00	1 bowl	smoked	Cannabis

BODY WEIGHT:

160 lb

After what seemed like forever in planning and organizing me and my roomate finally each had a day off where we could both enjoy our mushrooms. We both had girlfriends at the time who would kill us if they knew what we were doing (close minded) so you could imagine the extra extent in planning we had to do in order to make this day a reality. The night before we were going to trip we had both agreed to ingest them the morning we woke up as to be sober for when his girlfriend came home from work. Sounded like a good plan to me.

So I awoke in the morning around 9am and stumbled in the living room still half asleep and wasn't prepared for my roomate to have everything set up and ready for me. But that's the kind of guy he was, he was eager to get this started and seeing it all prepared made me excited too! He had the 12grams separated onto two plates with 6grams each. We both looked at each other with this mischevious smile and grabbed our plates.

Both of us not having too much experience with mushrooms we argued which way would be best to ingest them. He made his into a tea and I just went to the fridge, grabbed some yogurt and mixed them in with my yogurt. His tea looked gross and the thought of soggy mushrooms didn't appeal to me, and the yogurt masked most of the taste which was awesome. I was just pretty much having my morning breakfast like usual.

So now it was around 10am, we had both finished our shroomies and played some gears of war for a little bit while we awaited for it to kick in. Now I had done mushrooms twice before, and both times were really disappointing (2.5gram dose both times) because I had expected so much and didn't get a lot from the experience so wasn't sure what to expect from 6grams. Within 20 minutes of the whole thing I began to feel that kind of mushroomy tinglness that prepares you for the trip. We had both reached that feeling at the same time, and immediately stopped gaming just to giggle and laugh and talk about what were going to do today.

Time is about 10:30 and the shrooms had hit at their strongest. The very first thing that grabbed my attention was the ceiling of my house. I'm not sure what the material is called but it was kind of that bumpy, jagged material. Anyways before my eyes it started saturating and unsaturating, almost like it was breathing. It just absorbed the air and it simply astounded me. I had urged my friend to do the same and check out the ceiling and he was thrilled! I couldn't take my eyes off it, and I didn't want to, I was having such a good time looking at the ceiling I felt as if I was missing out not looking at it. Not only that some colors would start to morph in our vision, the walls of our living room were a kind of light babyish blue and we had red curtains and the red of the curtains would kind of infect the rest of the house with red. But not just blue and red it would morph into all kinds of purple/blue/green/yellows/oranges, it was simply way too cool to be true. After a good 10 minutes of admiring the crap out of everything in the house we thought it would be a great idea to go for a walk into the forest outside my front yard. We were both stoked on an entire new level and we both couldn't get this uncontrollable grin off our faces. We were getting ready to leave then we had glanced at this canvas my roomate's girlfriend had painted and hung on top of the fireplace. It was a portrait of the musical 'cats' and it just consisted of two very real eyes of a cat, for some reason that picture made us feel comfortable so we named it our protector and no matter what happens from the trip we can come back and the protector will keep us safe. Sounds silly but that's the mindframe we currently shared.

Now the time is about 1030, effects are still stronger then ever and we were going on our walk. It was spring time and was a beautiful day outside, sunny, warm well about 12 degrees warm but it was exceptionally nice for April. This all took place in northern Canada, so there was still plenty of snow outside. As we both walked across the street talking back and fourth about how immersed we are in this incredibly positive feeling I couldn't help but notice the snow was saturating. It would expand with bright baby blue cracks and I couldn't wait to continue along the path and reach the forest.

We nearly made it to the entrance of the forest and we seen a man walking up the path toward us. We literally walked around the entire field just to avoid walking next to this guy because the thought of being near anyone that wasn't on our 'level' was too much to handle. We didn't care though, just being outdoors with my best friend was more than enough fun for me. As we walked and talked I feel as if this drug made us incredibly closer to each other, I was so thrilled that despite how busy our lives were we could make time to hangout with each other, find ourselves and have a good time and I was grateful for that. Nearly every kind of distorted image or feeling we shared with each other was what we were both feeling and it increasingly connected us to the general experience and our company. All in all I was happiest being out with him out of any of my other friends.

We had made it into the entrance of the forest, now it wasn't the most elegant forest around, mostly pine trees and covered in that whiteish brown winter to spring transition snow so almost kind of wet and gross. But that's not how we saw it, we saw it as an opportunity to explore the depths of our minds as well as the forest. I kept looking at trees and hearing sounds that I thought couldnt be heard of seen. I felt connected with literally every single piece of nature like I had a bond with everything. As I was walking around I couldn't help think about how happy I would be to just live outdoors, live off the grid and off the land. Every time I pulled out my cellphone to check to see if my girlfriend had texted me had bummed me out. Not because I didn't want to talk to my girlfriend but simply because unlocking my phone and scrolling around and so forth was too exhausting and not fun for me, technology bummed me out immensely. I was trying to snapchat my friends to tell them how much fun I was having and stopped half way through because it was taking away from the experience. My advice would be keep your cellphones in your pockets for the entire trip!

My friend had felt the same way, he had actually taken his phone and threw it into the depth of the forest. Now I was still tripping hard but not hard enough to let him throw away his new iphone 4s. So I went and dug and grabbed his phone for him and gave it back as I knew he would really regret that decision later. He thanked me for being such a good friend and looked out for his best interests. I didn't require a thank you though, just his company was enough and all I wanted. At this point and time I would of done anything for him and I didn't need a thank you or anything, because I knew he would of done the same for me and that feeling made us feel inseparable. We laughed and wondered and looked and saw and felt and heard and everything was incredible. Never felt so emotionally attached to nature and my friend as I did now. We could relate on every level of each thought and vision we saw. We both eventually had to explain to each other that we weren't pissing each other off from talking about our experiences so much because the last thing we wanted to do was make each other unhappy during this most holy of experiences. But we reassured each other that we could talk about whatever we felt like and we wouldn't be bothered from the over talking.

Now it was around noon still tripping hard, and the forest just understood me. Everything I saw, felt or heard I just connected with. Almost like the forest just turned into my bro. I would feel everything and touch everything that interested me. In between the bark of the trees would flash vivid oranges and purples and my friends face would blush red, purple and green. Every thought and feeling was so profound on a whole nother level which I thought was impossible.

It was about 1:30 now and the effects were starting to wear off so we walked back to the house. Now what felt like miles we had walked into the abyss of the forest, we were really only about 10 minutes away from my house. We both laughed and made our way back. Now even with the effects wearing off the visuals were still very intense. Not in an uncontrollable sense but in the sense where if I focus slightly, I can still manipulate every shape and shade I see. Well not necessarily the shape but more the patterns on the shape. We had gotten back to the house and I had thought it would be a cool idea if we went for a drive and listened to some music because this entire time we didn't listen to any music, just the sounds of nature. So we are in the car in the driveway, started it up and listened to some music. I had just purchased and installed two 12' subs and was eager to hear them especially in my state. After taking 10 whole minutes to select a song and put the car in gear I figured it was probably not the best idea to go for a drive so we got out and went back into the house.

Around 2:30pm and effects are still there and pretty intense might I add but coming down none the less. We had thanked the cat poster for keeping watch over us and thanked each other for the awesome day we had. I had then gotten a couple texts from some friends asking about how our trip was and they wanted to come over. Eager to share my experience I invited them down, although my roomate wasn't too happy about that. Being with someone else that wasn't on our level was bringing him down and he didn't want anyone coming in to judge us. I could feel his scrutiny but he wasn't upset with me, he was just upset that other people are interrupting our experience. All in all my friends came over, we talked about it and I hyped it and gave the whole experience an extremely positive review.

About 4 o clock and all of it was over and oh my god did I ever feel exhausted. I felt like my brain jumped out of my head and ran a marathon. Thinking and doing things were exhausting. So I packed a bowl and smoked it hoping it would ease my brain, and it did. I continued to relax and recoup for the rest of the day. I started feeling ready to do things at around 6-7 o clock but still mentally exhausted.

To sum up the whole general experience it was absolutely amazing. I had never felt so at peace and so connected with nature. It sounds like a corny stonerish thing to say but it changed my outlook on life and the way I perceived success. 6grams was a perfect dose, not too much, not too little just right. And experiencing it with a very close friend was liberating, to this day we are a lot closer because of it.

Go out, be safe, always trip with friends and have fun! Thanks for reading!

Exp Year: 2012	ExpID: 101808
Gender: Male
Age at time of experience: 20
Published: Nov 20, 2024	Views: 25
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