I deliberated as to whether or not I should post about this as I don't want negative attention coming to this forum. But I decided that it's a story worth sharing.
I was at an acquaintances house with a good friend of mine and 3 other people whom I had met only briefly, but the vibe was great so my besty and I decided to drop a sugar cube of LSD. We didn't have an estimate as to how strong it was, but we had been talking about doing to it for a while, and we were super excited, so we rolled with it.
For me, it was a trip made up of four stages.
The first stage came on about an hour after dosing. This stage was not much different to feeling stoned on marijuana or mushrooms; giggly, happy, feeling heavy, lazy. Good fun.
The second stage was what I would consider the proper trip. As I started to loose distinction between my senses I became a little frightened because I'd never tripped before and I had no idea how "out there" I would get, or how long the trip would last.
My friends were all playing board games and I was laying on the floor holding on to my friends leg. I had to keep squeezing her leg to remind myself that's she was still there, or put another way; that I was still there. One of the guys had done LSD a few times before and assured me to relax and let the trip take me.
I really can't describe how I was feeling during this time; if you've never done hallucinogens then no amount of narrative will paint an adequate picture for you. It was unusual, interesting, bizarre, a little scary, but I really enjoyed it.
After I spent what I was told was an hour on the floor (I swear it was 5 minutes), I sat back up with a new-found enthusiasm. Not like "being born again" or anything bizarre like that, I just felt very child-like. I very instantly became engaged in conversation. One mate smiled at me and said "Welcome back, dude". Two of the fellas were playing acoustic guitars and singing The Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc, and I sat there, mesmerized. It wasn't an "out there" kind of mesmerised; I was very lucid, in fact I felt mentally sharper than I ever have.
This was my favourite part of the trip as it reminded me of Peat's idea's on serotonin, and the idea of children being "more intelligent" than adults, and so on. It was really lovely.
The last stage of the trip was also very pleasant. I transitioned from the energized, child-like state to a very mellow state. We sat up until sunrise watching stand-up comedy and listening to music, and I remember feeling a genuine warmth and bond with my friend as she sat next to me. The interesting thing for me was that it wasn't an ecstatic kind of love; I loved and appreciated her as a person. I said nothing as I didn't feel the need to vocalise it; it was a "grounded" kind of love. A very pleasant and comfortable realisation of how fortunate I am to have her as a friend, and to be sharing this experience with her (I still feel like this now that I am sober, by the way).
My friend had a very different trip than me; her's was very visual, whereas mine was more "internal", for lack of a better word. I thought perhaps her's was more visual because she is a designer and artist, so perhaps visual things are more a part of her conciousness than mine.
I went home in the morning feeling very at peace. I slept until the afternoon and woke up feeling great.
Overall, LSD was amazing. I'm not saying do it or don't do it. Whether or not it will be a good experience for you probably depends on your attitude towards it, and the setting. I don't think I tripped hard enough to experience the legendary "ego-death" or to have any "revelations", but it was a unique experience that left me mentally/emotionally glowing, did not make me feel unwell or hungover, and only cost $20.
I was at an acquaintances house with a good friend of mine and 3 other people whom I had met only briefly, but the vibe was great so my besty and I decided to drop a sugar cube of LSD. We didn't have an estimate as to how strong it was, but we had been talking about doing to it for a while, and we were super excited, so we rolled with it.
For me, it was a trip made up of four stages.
The first stage came on about an hour after dosing. This stage was not much different to feeling stoned on marijuana or mushrooms; giggly, happy, feeling heavy, lazy. Good fun.
The second stage was what I would consider the proper trip. As I started to loose distinction between my senses I became a little frightened because I'd never tripped before and I had no idea how "out there" I would get, or how long the trip would last.
My friends were all playing board games and I was laying on the floor holding on to my friends leg. I had to keep squeezing her leg to remind myself that's she was still there, or put another way; that I was still there. One of the guys had done LSD a few times before and assured me to relax and let the trip take me.
I really can't describe how I was feeling during this time; if you've never done hallucinogens then no amount of narrative will paint an adequate picture for you. It was unusual, interesting, bizarre, a little scary, but I really enjoyed it.
After I spent what I was told was an hour on the floor (I swear it was 5 minutes), I sat back up with a new-found enthusiasm. Not like "being born again" or anything bizarre like that, I just felt very child-like. I very instantly became engaged in conversation. One mate smiled at me and said "Welcome back, dude". Two of the fellas were playing acoustic guitars and singing The Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc, and I sat there, mesmerized. It wasn't an "out there" kind of mesmerised; I was very lucid, in fact I felt mentally sharper than I ever have.
This was my favourite part of the trip as it reminded me of Peat's idea's on serotonin, and the idea of children being "more intelligent" than adults, and so on. It was really lovely.
The last stage of the trip was also very pleasant. I transitioned from the energized, child-like state to a very mellow state. We sat up until sunrise watching stand-up comedy and listening to music, and I remember feeling a genuine warmth and bond with my friend as she sat next to me. The interesting thing for me was that it wasn't an ecstatic kind of love; I loved and appreciated her as a person. I said nothing as I didn't feel the need to vocalise it; it was a "grounded" kind of love. A very pleasant and comfortable realisation of how fortunate I am to have her as a friend, and to be sharing this experience with her (I still feel like this now that I am sober, by the way).
My friend had a very different trip than me; her's was very visual, whereas mine was more "internal", for lack of a better word. I thought perhaps her's was more visual because she is a designer and artist, so perhaps visual things are more a part of her conciousness than mine.
I went home in the morning feeling very at peace. I slept until the afternoon and woke up feeling great.
Overall, LSD was amazing. I'm not saying do it or don't do it. Whether or not it will be a good experience for you probably depends on your attitude towards it, and the setting. I don't think I tripped hard enough to experience the legendary "ego-death" or to have any "revelations", but it was a unique experience that left me mentally/emotionally glowing, did not make me feel unwell or hungover, and only cost $20.
