Stacie and her partner were in a rough spot in their relationship when they first decided to take psilocybin together, the psychedelic drug in so-called "magic mushrooms." Long-term use of other drugs had caused Stacie to lose both of her jobs and her apartment. As a result, she moved back in with him, but they fought all of the time, she said.
Constantly triggering past wounds in each other created distance in their relationship. For Stacie, her past experience as a sex worker had ingrained in her the idea that sex was transactional.
