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sharei used to to a lot of acid.
i'd never do it again, but i think of those experiences fondly & think they were useful & kinda enlightening.
Interesting there's not many people who'd say that. Acid is one of those drugs you do once in a while..not on a regular bases.
shareI guess that depends on what he means by a lot.
shareI’m with you on that. I don’t think I would ever do it again but I have had some life changing experiences that I think about to this day.
shareI haven't done lsd in over a decade, but a have a few doses tucked away for a future occasion.
What kind of settings did you prefer? We used to enjoy going into woods or by the ocean.
My experiences were everything from going out to night clubs, to the woods, as you say. Hunting and fishing camps are common here so there were many places to go and get away from everyone.
sharei mostly preferred to be inside with some music and a few trust-worthy people.
but outside is great, too. the woods are absolutely a great setting. i once did it at my cousin's farm, & spent about two hours staring at his pigs & cows.
when i got comfortable enough with it, i'd do it by myself, which i know lots of people don't recommend, but i found pretty good, except that i remember having about a million brilliant insights that i wanted to share with the world & no one was around to be dazzled by my incredible levels of perception!
Ya, outdoors is where my best experiences were, but one time my friend and I went to go see the Matrix 3 and the projector broke. Naturally everyone left, but we stayed and thought it was hilarious lol. Eventually an usher comes in and starts yelling at us to leave.
shareLol. Movie theaters are intense.
shareThere is a credible number of people who claim taking acid can change a person's perspective in a positive way.
I think you are supposed to be a very confident person when you take these trips and expect to get something good out of them, but some very prominent people will say taking acid changed their life for the better.
i haven't read as deeply on the topic as others, but i think sam harris's 'waking up' and especially michael pollan's 'how to change your mind' have really interesting discussions of the topic.
pollan's book in particular has some really interesting sections on the use of psychedelics to cope with terminal illness.
when i'm done with the trash movie i'm watching, i'll see if i can track down some of the interviews he gave around the time the book was published. they're really interesting.
Going out a little on a limb here, but I think the basketball players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (perhaps surprisingly) and Bill Walton (much less so) will say taking acid opened their minds to new ways of thinking. Not to mention all the musicians who were part of the 60s psychedelic revolution, Grateful Dead, etc. Not that their perspective is terribly important now, but I think that may be an accurate representation of their experience, even years later.
And I had a buddy who was a Cali guy who felt this way, years later.
My state is trying to legalize psilocybin for medicinal use, primarily for end-of-life purposes, iirc. To reduce anxiety, perhaps get people to see their existence through a different lens.
Makes sense to me.
Guess you were tired of melting holes in the floor, huh? Lol, just kidding! xD
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