...Drug of choice?

Like a few other oldsters on here, I've pretty much been through the card where mind altering substances are concerned. These days I'm pretty much clean and sober barring the odd bit of weed. I wouldn't necessarily rule 'shrooms out either, you can buy them over the counter round where I live, but I think I've got all I'm going to get out of psychedelics. The only things I was ever addicted to were alcohol and nicotine, which are of course both legal.

I've only ever had a bad trip on ecstasy (MDMA), which I tried a few times about 10 years ago. I had a few good times, one blindingly amazing experience (I temporarily became a combination of Jesus, Buddha and Elvis and spent several hours wandering around blessing total strangers. Remarkably, none of them hit me.) and one absolute nightmare, following which I gave up. Cocaine never really did it for me (I preferred the ego loss of a trip to the ego boost of the devil's dandruff) and I find otherwise pleasant people totally insufferable after they've done a line, in the same way that drunks are a total pain when you're sober.

I don't necessarily agree that all drugs are bad, but I do think that if you need to get totally out of it on more than an occasional basis you've got problems, whatever your poison.

Music

...without forgetting LSA

I didn't have much luck with Salvia...all I got was a bad taste and a headache, both times.

I'm not much of a drinker, but I like a cold beer or two on a hot day (and we get a few of them in the desert) and I can really enjoy tequila if I'm feeling more serious about drinking. Also red wine, but I'm neither a wino nor a wine snob- I just like how it compliments food.

I still smoke my share of weed. As far as I'm concerned, it's no different than a beer or two. It used to really open me up, now it just chills me out a bit and makes television almost bearable. Maybe that's just the quality of the stuff we get around here, though...

Acid and mushrooms were constant companions for a few years there. I've had good trips, not so good trips, and one hellish 2+ day marathon trip- on one ridiculously potent sugarcube- during which I had to go to work and attend a family dinner (it was macaroni & cheese and man, that stuff really comes alive!). All in all, the psychedelics are my favorite...though if I had the choice tomorrow I'd opt for a more mellow mescaline over the straining smile bowel clenching acid fireworks. Plus, I don't really need to be any more introspective than I already am...MDMA was a nice compromise, I had a nice little run with that in the late 80s/ early 90s. Happy and social (in other words, a complete personality change ), with just enough extra significance to everything. Saw some bad effects but never had 'em myself. I'd probably do it again, with my wife, if the right opportunity ever came up.

Coke & heroin I've tried but neither are for me. The first gives me way too much personality and the other, not enough.  Not to mention too damn expensive and dangerous as hell. 

 

Caffeine is my master.

But I've read a bit about psychedelics and am almost ashamed/scared to admit that I'm fascinated

illustrated wrote: aqualung28 wrote: Salvia for me man.  it doesn't really last long but when you trip you trip hard.  I personally haven't tripped on it but I still felt really relaxed.  I hear it helps if you shut your eyes with the lights out but my friend was freaking out too much when I turned off the lights Haha, that's cool. I know some people who've done it. Isn't it legal? Someone said you can buy it over the counter.. do you hallucinate heavy on it or not?     ..what are poppers?

Amyl nitrite (or is it butyl nitrite? I'm not sure; I've heard it called both). Very intense but very short-lived headrush (in fact, back in the day, we used to call it "rush"). You inhale it. It's bad news in my opinion; it makes your head feel like it's about to explode, and I could see my eye veins pulse with my heartbeat in my field of vision. A stroke waiting to happen; at least it felt that way to me.

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Drugs are bad 'k?

illustrated wrote: Eddy wrote: well, i enjoy weed. never like it with other stuff sprinkled on though. achohol is OK, i dont get pissed drunk like some of my friends.schinergizing as its called here is really fun, but extremmly dangerous its doing weed+achool. your whole vison gets shaky but its ALWAys ends at leats for us with one of us getting super sick and throwing up all over the place. Ive also done some meth, but    thats like detergent strait to the brain. ive done poopers which are really fun. my favorite is magic mushrooms. feels like your in the ocean, you feel all wavy. i likeit . I LIKE IT! What are poopers?

Either he meant poppers or Eddy's doing some sort of anal suppository treatment. Either way, it's an ugly scene.

Eddy wrote: well, i enjoy weed. never like it with other stuff sprinkled on though. achohol is OK, i dont get pissed drunk like some of my friends.schinergizing as its called here is really fun, but extremmly dangerous its doing weed+achool. your whole vison gets shaky but its ALWAys ends at leats for us with one of us getting super sick and throwing up all over the place. Ive also done some meth, but    thats like detergent strait to the brain. ive done poopers which are really fun. my favorite is magic mushrooms. feels like your in the ocean, you feel all wavy. i likeit . I LIKE IT!

What are poopers?

you know the pattern

alcohol    / rowdy
marijuana   / free thinking
cocaine   / sex freak
acid/mushrooms / witchcraft
heroin / orgies
sorcery / majik
satanics /blood rituals

stop where you like hopefully its early on
you dont need it, dead end street!

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lyrics from Pink Floyd Animals Sheep single

Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland
away,
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.
You better watch out,
There may be dogs about
I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen,
Things are not what they seem.
What do you get for pretending the danger's not real.
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors, into the valley of steel.
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes.
Now things are really what they seem,
No, this is not bad dream.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD. I SHALL NOT WANT
HE MAKES ME DOWN TO LIE
THROUGH PASTURES GREEN HE LEADETH ME
THE SILENT WATERS BY.
WITH BRIGHT KNIVES HE RELEASETH MY SOUL
HE MAKETH ME TO HANG ON HOOKS IN HIGH
PLACES.
HE CONVERTETH ME TO LAMB CUTLETS.
FOR LO, HE HATH GREAT POWER, AND GREAT
HUNGER.
WHEN COMETH THE DAY WE LOWLY ONES
THROUGH QUIET REFLECTION, AND GREAT
DEDICATION,
MASTER THE ART OF KARATE.
LO, WE SHALL RISE UP,
AND THEN WE'LL MAKE THE BUGGERS' EYES
WATER.
Bleating and babbling I fell on his neck with a
scream.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.


Edited by DallasBryan