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ni4ni

ni4ni

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A friend of mine who is a police officer grew up in Spain (father was military). He used to hold acid parties at his apartment for his friends.

Do many people still drop acid? Is it common in the business world?

I work at a hospital and a nurse I work with was joking about us doing it. They don't drug test for it at our job. I would be way to scared but am looking for information from people who have done it.

 
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randay

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i did it once in school. i got detention.


...broken glass and acid everywhere.
 
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Saint Michael

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Various people I know have done it. It's supposedly interesting, but lasts a long time. I did salvia. Some people say it doesn't work, but I got some strong stuff and did it right, so I got a pretty heavy trip. Apparently salvia is one of the most intense psychedelic drugs during the first five minutes, and I have to say... don't believe the hype. You won't see hallucinations. It affects your field of vision, and you're high, but you don't really see anything. As far as LSD, from what I hear it's basically that but for many hours. And believe me, salvia was only mildly interesting and mostly very irritating during the psychedelic part, so you better make sure you want do that for 10 hours before you drop acid.
 
destrekor

destrekor

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Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Various people I know have done it. It's supposedly interesting, but lasts a long time. I did salvia. Some people say it doesn't work, but I got some strong stuff and did it right, so I got a pretty heavy trip. Apparently salvia is one of the most intense psychedelic drugs during the first five minutes, and I have to say... don't believe the hype. You won't see hallucinations. It affects your field of vision, and you're high, but you don't really see anything. As far as LSD, from what I hear it's basically that but for many hours. And believe me, salvia was only mildly interesting and mostly very irritating during the psychedelic part, so you better make sure you want do that for 10 hours before you drop acid.
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you're doing salvia wrong
however, you're not really supposed to 'see' anything, but rather, intense trips end up making you 'sense' some kind of being, and some end up seeing the thing they sense. Most describe it as a shadow pulling you, and others have described it as the green goddess. Supposed to be an experience that opens your mind, with some describing it as conversations with the 'goddess' that can change your life.

note. I've been rather unsuccessful with salvia myself, but have never done it right either. Never been in the right setting, or used it right... etc etc. You almost need to meet with the ancient people who use it for divine purposes to know how to do it right. It's far from a plant you smoke with a large group of people and/or in a party environment.
However, I've had some crazy disturbing times with it that almost make me never want to do it again. You get VERY paranoid of those around you who are not experiencing what you are.
 
aircooled

aircooled

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I enjoyed it in the late 80's / early 90's. haven't heard of it being available these days. I wouldn't mind doing it again :)


 
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thomsbrain

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It's pretty rare these days. Let's just say it's still around and there are folks who are so inclined who are "experienced," but generally don't make it into a huge big deal or the core of their identity like the late 60's. It's under the radar these days.

I'm curious why you'd ask about the business world. I'd say it would be the very last drug that would appeal to someone who considered themselves a white-collar businessperson. Those people are generally extremely ego-oriented (as opposed to unconscious oriented). I think most of them would find LSD terrifying and potentially traumatizing.
 
Azraele

Azraele

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I think I voted incorrectly (computer froze), but am not sure exactly what I voted, LOL. At any rate, the answer is no, I've never done it.
 
nerp

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Wow. In my day, when I was in college (mid/late 90s) there was a LOT of LSD going around. Lots of white blotter, occasional geltabs, leary hits, garcia tabs, you name it. This all faded away for two reasons. 1. Ecstacy 2. Insane sentences for LSD possession, manufacture, distribution. The chemists go where the money is and it's not in LSD anymore.

Besides, kids nowadays want to just feel high, they're scared of probing their inner consciousness. LSD is scary if you're not prepared or think it's some fun type of escapist high. Tripping your face off can be frightening if you have any sort of unresolved psychological conflicts going on. You need to be at peace with yourself and willing to go places you never dreamed of inside your own head.

It's something you only want to do a few times when you're young and stupid. There's really no time or place for it when you're older and have a family. Tripping properly requires you to have a full day off, preferably two, when you can sit in an environment you have full control over.

LSD is just one psychadelic. Shrooms are another and the experiences can be similar.

Read some Kesey or Leary and check out some of the facts on erowid. It's not for everyone.
 
yhelothar

yhelothar

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Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Various people I know have done it. It's supposedly interesting, but lasts a long time. I did salvia. Some people say it doesn't work, but I got some strong stuff and did it right, so I got a pretty heavy trip. Apparently salvia is one of the most intense psychedelic drugs during the first five minutes, and I have to say... don't believe the hype. You won't see hallucinations. It affects your field of vision, and you're high, but you don't really see anything. As far as LSD, from what I hear it's basically that but for many hours. And believe me, salvia was only mildly interesting and mostly very irritating during the psychedelic part, so you better make sure you want do that for 10 hours before you drop acid.
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you're doing salvia wrong
however, you're not really supposed to 'see' anything, but rather, intense trips end up making you 'sense' some kind of being, and some end up seeing the thing they sense. Most describe it as a shadow pulling you, and others have described it as the green goddess. Supposed to be an experience that opens your mind, with some describing it as conversations with the 'goddess' that can change your life.

note. I've been rather unsuccessful with salvia myself, but have never done it right either. Never been in the right setting, or used it right... etc etc. You almost need to meet with the ancient people who use it for divine purposes to know how to do it right. It's far from a plant you smoke with a large group of people and/or in a party environment.
However, I've had some crazy disturbing times with it that almost make me never want to do it again. You get VERY paranoid of those around you who are not experiencing what you are.
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I doubt LSD is anything like salvia. It wouldn't be anywhere near as popular as it is if it was that intense. Salvia should be far more intense. In my experience, I feel like it completely alters my consciousness to a much different form. I imagine it to feel much like being a totally different creature. Imagine how a fish would feel. It would react almost completely on instinct, and driven almost completely by its external stimuli.

Plus after the trip is over(it lasts for about a minute for me), you begin to forget your experience very quickly, much like a dream.

I don't have experience with acid, but I have tried DXM which I hear is similar.
With DXM, I had the intense insight/religious experience. As you mentioned, it's not like you see things that's not there. But for me, it feels like a state of heightened awareness.
It feels like taking a step back and seeing the big picture. I feel like I suddenly become very conscious of many of the subconscious throught processes in my head. You live your life daily without thinking much about your actions. Most of your actions come naturally subconsciously, molded by your daily experiences. Your daily experience molds your subconscious processes. But under the state of heightened awareness, it feels like you opened a window into that world.

This is a good visual depiction of the heightened awareness while under the influence of such psychedelics :)
 
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Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Various people I know have done it. It's supposedly interesting, but lasts a long time. I did salvia. Some people say it doesn't work, but I got some strong stuff and did it right, so I got a pretty heavy trip. Apparently salvia is one of the most intense psychedelic drugs during the first five minutes, and I have to say... don't believe the hype. You won't see hallucinations. It affects your field of vision, and you're high, but you don't really see anything. As far as LSD, from what I hear it's basically that but for many hours. And believe me, salvia was only mildly interesting and mostly very irritating during the psychedelic part, so you better make sure you want do that for 10 hours before you drop acid.
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you're doing salvia wrong
however, you're not really supposed to 'see' anything, but rather, intense trips end up making you 'sense' some kind of being, and some end up seeing the thing they sense. Most describe it as a shadow pulling you, and others have described it as the green goddess. Supposed to be an experience that opens your mind, with some describing it as conversations with the 'goddess' that can change your life.

note. I've been rather unsuccessful with salvia myself, but have never done it right either. Never been in the right setting, or used it right... etc etc. You almost need to meet with the ancient people who use it for divine purposes to know how to do it right. It's far from a plant you smoke with a large group of people and/or in a party environment.
However, I've had some crazy disturbing times with it that almost make me never want to do it again. You get VERY paranoid of those around you who are not experiencing what you are.
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And how does your concept of what salvia is "supposed" to be contradict my experience? Besides the ridiculous hippy shit you claim that has no scientific or logical basis?
 
rise

rise

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Originally posted by: aircooled
I enjoyed it in the late 80's / early 90's. haven't heard of it being available these days. I wouldn't mind doing it again :)
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i'd rather get a bag of shrooms :)

haven't tripped since the 80's myself, i dunno if i could handle it anymore.
 
destrekor

destrekor

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Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Various people I know have done it. It's supposedly interesting, but lasts a long time. I did salvia. Some people say it doesn't work, but I got some strong stuff and did it right, so I got a pretty heavy trip. Apparently salvia is one of the most intense psychedelic drugs during the first five minutes, and I have to say... don't believe the hype. You won't see hallucinations. It affects your field of vision, and you're high, but you don't really see anything. As far as LSD, from what I hear it's basically that but for many hours. And believe me, salvia was only mildly interesting and mostly very irritating during the psychedelic part, so you better make sure you want do that for 10 hours before you drop acid.
Click to expand...

you're doing salvia wrong
however, you're not really supposed to 'see' anything, but rather, intense trips end up making you 'sense' some kind of being, and some end up seeing the thing they sense. Most describe it as a shadow pulling you, and others have described it as the green goddess. Supposed to be an experience that opens your mind, with some describing it as conversations with the 'goddess' that can change your life.

note. I've been rather unsuccessful with salvia myself, but have never done it right either. Never been in the right setting, or used it right... etc etc. You almost need to meet with the ancient people who use it for divine purposes to know how to do it right. It's far from a plant you smoke with a large group of people and/or in a party environment.
However, I've had some crazy disturbing times with it that almost make me never want to do it again. You get VERY paranoid of those around you who are not experiencing what you are.
Click to expand...

And how does your concept of what salvia is "supposed" to be contradict my experience? Besides the ridiculous hippy shit you claim that has no scientific or logical basis?
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drugs are neither scientific nor logical. You should not go into any drugs with that kind of mindset, because you'll get nothing out of them.
Salvia, I have experienced something CLOSE to that experience, but not that exact experience, but I attribute that to the fact that I was not in the right setting. But really, no drug ever produces a 'logical' experience. Far from it. That's why they are drugs and why only small groups set forth to experiment with them... they are looking for something other than logical experiences. It's hard to ever put drug experiences from salvia, shrooms, DXM, or LSD, into words that are logical. :p
 
yhelothar

yhelothar

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Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: Saint Michael
Various people I know have done it. It's supposedly interesting, but lasts a long time. I did salvia. Some people say it doesn't work, but I got some strong stuff and did it right, so I got a pretty heavy trip. Apparently salvia is one of the most intense psychedelic drugs during the first five minutes, and I have to say... don't believe the hype. You won't see hallucinations. It affects your field of vision, and you're high, but you don't really see anything. As far as LSD, from what I hear it's basically that but for many hours. And believe me, salvia was only mildly interesting and mostly very irritating during the psychedelic part, so you better make sure you want do that for 10 hours before you drop acid.
Click to expand...

you're doing salvia wrong
however, you're not really supposed to 'see' anything, but rather, intense trips end up making you 'sense' some kind of being, and some end up seeing the thing they sense. Most describe it as a shadow pulling you, and others have described it as the green goddess. Supposed to be an experience that opens your mind, with some describing it as conversations with the 'goddess' that can change your life.

note. I've been rather unsuccessful with salvia myself, but have never done it right either. Never been in the right setting, or used it right... etc etc. You almost need to meet with the ancient people who use it for divine purposes to know how to do it right. It's far from a plant you smoke with a large group of people and/or in a party environment.
However, I've had some crazy disturbing times with it that almost make me never want to do it again. You get VERY paranoid of those around you who are not experiencing what you are.
Click to expand...

And how does your concept of what salvia is "supposed" to be contradict my experience? Besides the ridiculous hippy shit you claim that has no scientific or logical basis?
Click to expand...

drugs are neither scientific nor logical. You should not go into any drugs with that kind of mindset, because you'll get nothing out of them.
Salvia, I have experienced something CLOSE to that experience, but not that exact experience, but I attribute that to the fact that I was not in the right setting. But really, no drug ever produces a 'logical' experience. Far from it. That's why they are drugs and why only small groups set forth to experiment with them... they are looking for something other than logical experiences. It's hard to ever put drug experiences from salvia, shrooms, DXM, or LSD, into words that are logical. :p
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tell that to terrance mckenna ;)
 
EvilYoda

EvilYoda

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Last I did it was what...2, maybe 3 years ago? It was an okay night, I came down pretty hard - couldn't sleep til like 7AM and body temp was fluctuating.

I'll do it again though :p
 
rise

rise

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Originally posted by: EvilYoda
Last I did it was what...2, maybe 3 years ago? It was an okay night, I came down pretty hard - couldn't sleep til like 7AM and body temp was fluctuating.

I'll do it again though :p
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yeah, i always liked something else to help coming down. couple percs, vic's and some weed and beer always helped :laugh:

glad those days are past...
 
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