Alison Wood Brooks

And what this drink does basically, it basically causes people to experience the most excruciating nausea they've ever experienced in their entire lives. So I signed up for this, much to my wife's dismay. And went down there. You know, they do this basically because you feel very, very sick. So sick that eventually you vomit.

And what this drink does basically, it basically causes people to experience the most excruciating nausea they've ever experienced in their entire lives. So I signed up for this, much to my wife's dismay. And went down there. You know, they do this basically because you feel very, very sick. So sick that eventually you vomit.

And in vomiting, they think, you know, you meet God, you commune with the spirit world, and you're healed of all this trauma. And for me, that was not the case. I just kept feeling sicker and sicker and sicker. And of course, you know, I'm lying out there in the sun in this... ridiculously humid. It's basically like being in a sweat lodge.

And in vomiting, they think, you know, you meet God, you commune with the spirit world, and you're healed of all this trauma. And for me, that was not the case. I just kept feeling sicker and sicker and sicker. And of course, you know, I'm lying out there in the sun in this... ridiculously humid. It's basically like being in a sweat lodge.

And in vomiting, they think, you know, you meet God, you commune with the spirit world, and you're healed of all this trauma. And for me, that was not the case. I just kept feeling sicker and sicker and sicker. And of course, you know, I'm lying out there in the sun in this... ridiculously humid. It's basically like being in a sweat lodge.

And so I didn't have any transcendent experience, except the experience of realizing that I was so dehydrated I was about to die. And so yeah, I had to be evacuated from this place. I never actually even experienced my own vomiting. But this is the craziest thing.

And so I didn't have any transcendent experience, except the experience of realizing that I was so dehydrated I was about to die. And so yeah, I had to be evacuated from this place. I never actually even experienced my own vomiting. But this is the craziest thing.

And so I didn't have any transcendent experience, except the experience of realizing that I was so dehydrated I was about to die. And so yeah, I had to be evacuated from this place. I never actually even experienced my own vomiting. But this is the craziest thing.

I am still so thankful for this experience because despite all of the personal unpleasantness for it, the crazy thing of going down there is seeing the other people who had come to this place looking for relief. Like I've said, this is basically the most punishing thing you can do to yourself.

I am still so thankful for this experience because despite all of the personal unpleasantness for it, the crazy thing of going down there is seeing the other people who had come to this place looking for relief. Like I've said, this is basically the most punishing thing you can do to yourself.

I am still so thankful for this experience because despite all of the personal unpleasantness for it, the crazy thing of going down there is seeing the other people who had come to this place looking for relief. Like I've said, this is basically the most punishing thing you can do to yourself.

So the people who go there hoping to find kind of healing or help from this, they're really, this is their option of last resort. So you have people who are struggling with addiction. There was a woman there who was only 18 and had already lost count of all the times that she'd tried to commit suicide.

So the people who go there hoping to find kind of healing or help from this, they're really, this is their option of last resort. So you have people who are struggling with addiction. There was a woman there who was only 18 and had already lost count of all the times that she'd tried to commit suicide.

So the people who go there hoping to find kind of healing or help from this, they're really, this is their option of last resort. So you have people who are struggling with addiction. There was a woman there who was only 18 and had already lost count of all the times that she'd tried to commit suicide.

One of the favorite people I met was a man who was a veteran of the Korean War, and he had such terrible PTSD that he could barely use his cell phone. You know, and were they healed by ayahuasca? Not really. But it was this really kind of beautiful atmosphere that you could get to meet these other people and actually kind of get a glimpse into the most kind of tender parts of their lives.

One of the favorite people I met was a man who was a veteran of the Korean War, and he had such terrible PTSD that he could barely use his cell phone. You know, and were they healed by ayahuasca? Not really. But it was this really kind of beautiful atmosphere that you could get to meet these other people and actually kind of get a glimpse into the most kind of tender parts of their lives.

One of the favorite people I met was a man who was a veteran of the Korean War, and he had such terrible PTSD that he could barely use his cell phone. You know, and were they healed by ayahuasca? Not really. But it was this really kind of beautiful atmosphere that you could get to meet these other people and actually kind of get a glimpse into the most kind of tender parts of their lives.

And also, while it was hard to see, I think it was an important, for me, a very important thing to see about the United States. You know, this is what contemporary life is doing to us a lot.

And also, while it was hard to see, I think it was an important, for me, a very important thing to see about the United States. You know, this is what contemporary life is doing to us a lot.

And also, while it was hard to see, I think it was an important, for me, a very important thing to see about the United States. You know, this is what contemporary life is doing to us a lot.