One summer night about 15 years ago, some friends and I scored some acid and went and picked some shrooms. We planned to drive to the beach (an hour away) around late afternoon, frolic on the beach during the comeup/sunset, and then make a bonfire and basically spend the night going nuts, having a couple of tents for if/when we slept.
So, we dropped the L as we left Houston for Galveston (Texas). About halfway to the beach, we stopped and got some tacos, to which we added our hotsauce-slathered fungi. So, we're cruising along the highway in this big huge old Cadillac convertible, music blasting, passing joints around, and generally all 4 of us excited as hell at the fun night we thought lay ahead.
I was in the front passenger seat. I suddenly got very nauseous, and had to vomit with almost no warning at all. One moment, I was feeling great, then two seconds later, I was sticking my head out the window to puke while we're barreling down the freeway at 70 mph. Then, I puked again, and then again. This is all within like 20 seconds.
My 3 friends were like, 'What the hell are you doing? Why do you keep sticking your head out the window like that?' Before I could answer, one of the guys in the backseat pukes all over his lap. The guy next to him starts freaking, but the guy driving still doesn't understand what's going on, since he didn't see either me or the guy in the backseat puke. We're still zooming down the highway.
So, basically, we finally make it to the beach, and everyone except the driver is sick as a dog, and he follows suit about fifteen minutes after we got there. Our huge boat of a car is parked right on the beach, and the four of us are scattered around it, each of us curled up in the fetal position in the sand, in his own private hell.
Apparently, there was some bad bacteria or something on the mushrooms. I have never been so sick before or since that night. Puking and shitting convulsively on the beach for hours,
while tripping balls. The night seemed to last forever. There was a full moon shining over the Gulf of Mexico, and I kept thinking to myself, 'If only I had the energy to crawl into the ocean, I could drown myself' but alas, I did not have the strength to put that plan into action.
Luckily, we had brought plenty of water or we might have gotten dangerously dehydrated. It was after noon the next day before anyone felt well enough to drive us home.
I haven't eaten fresh mushrooms since, and never will again. Make mine into tea, please.
