Forums › Drugs › LSD & Other Psychedelic Drugs › Acid Virgin
Ive done shrooms and truffles and really enjoy them but i wanna do acid some time this summer. I was offered them at a party last night but i find the idea of doing them in a dingy techno warehouse a bit stupid and scary.
Whats acid really like compared to other stuff and when and where is the best place to do it?
well then poppadom
acid is very very hard to explain, because what you will experience is not like anything you have ever experienced before.
most other drugs either enhance, suppress or distort emotions or perceptions that occur naturally. Acid doesn’t. It just makes stuff up
Your brain will go through states that are almost identical to those of somebody suffering with schitzophenia. Indeed, you may well find that taking LSD leaves you permenantly mentally ill.
When i was a teenager I experimented with LSD. Of a group of about 10 close friends, one never came back after his first trip. 15 years later he still takes very heavy medication, and this allows him to beat the section (incarcerated treatment), but his life ain’t great. Another friend simply did too much too often, and had to be cared for for around 5 years until he was able to cope with looking after himself again ( a spliff can still trigger odd episodes).
You need to be aware that you are quite literally putting your mind into the hands of an unknown quantity. You should ask yourself… does anyone in your family show any signs of mental health problems such as depression, or more serious ill-health? Have you at some stage? If so, avoid LSD.
However, it can, and will change you life and your view of the world. it can be a delight beyond delight.
If you are still determined to try it, take it with a couple of friends you are sure you can trust (really trust, not met on the dancefloor a few times) who have taken it before and who will guide you through the experience.
make sure you have somewhere ‘safe’ to go if it all gets too much (ie. somewhere quiet with a friend where no straight people are going to question you about your state). Try and be near somewhere with open space… the night sky is always a good thing to wonder about, while towns and built up areas tend to be a bit of a downer
try taking a quarter to start with. The effects won’t hit you for well over an hour, with the peak coming several hours after ingestion. Don’t be fooled into thinking nothing is happening and taking more. Just be patient. Once you are sure you’re enjoying it, take another quarter.
I’m sure some people will deride me and say ‘lightweight’, but there’s not much uglier than an acid casualty.
Also, when things are confusing you and you don’t know what to believe, try repeating the mantra “it’s just the acid” and enjoy the sensations. if it doesn’t usually happen like this, it probably is “just” the acid.
I hope this is helpful, and not too scary
BTW, this is a transcript from a trip that was taped
Me: what the fuck IS this film?
Mate: What film?
Me: With the pig?
Mate: Umm
Me: and the subtitles? why are they in Russian? no, arabic? what? algebra now?
Mate: well, i dunno
Me: I mean, who wants to watch a pig? what are those subtitles for? can you turn the volume up?
Mate: on the TV?
Me: yes, I want to know what the pig is doing
Mate: The TV is off
Me: No, it’s a film
Mate: sorry, it’s off, look here’s the plug
Me: why is the floor sqishy?
etc.
oh, them was the days
cheers man, thats the soundest advice anyones given me, most people just say its a piece of piss n i should get it done but it is worth thinkin about. My bros done i before so i will probably do it with him. Does it compare to shrooms though or is it really quite different?
there are some similarities (or should that be hilarities?) with shrooms, but you will be further out there, for a lot longer. Personally, I find i can reach a certain level on shrooms, then i just pass out. there’s no snoozing on acid.
Prepare to have sore sides for a while, and you may need several whole days to get back into gear after your first lsd trip, so make sure you have some time off work. If it’s a good one (ie. strong) you’ll be looking at the world in a different way for quite some time.
ooo, wish it was my first time 😉
For me, the big difference between shrooms and acid is that I can choose how my trip will be on acid, but I’m utterly defenseless against shrooms – that’s not negative btw. A psyfestival with friends, each having had shrooms makes for hilarious encounters and tilted dancefloors etc.
Shrooms can be a more grounded experience (gaia and all that), while acid is truly mental (expanding your mind, not frying your brain – just don’t overdo it).
Also, know what acid you’re having. There’s a big difference between blotters and, say, microdots or liquid (last two don’t really measure out while you have an idea how many µg a blotter contains).
It’s all fun tho 😎
This is a toughie. Have done more than my fair share of acid & shrooms over the years. I’ve never had a bad experience on either but I tend not to indulge in halocogens anymore.
I think that the best time and place to do any trip is with good friend(s) and in an open space -the countryside is ideal whereas in a house or building is just too claustrophobic.
I think its easier to control your dose with shrooms – if you’re not getting enuff of an effect you can just eat another shroom, but acid is a lot harder to gauge – you just don’t know how strong its gonna be. Wise words from globalloon – do a quarter at a time and don’t be fooled that its not working – it takes me 2 hours to come up on acid.
I think the other thing worth remembering is that acid takes a long time to wear off – I can guarantee that I won’t come down for 8 hours – its one of the things I dislike about it – I’m bored after 2 hours and I just want to feel normal again but you have to wait for it to wear off.
All that said, its a mental drug and I’ve had some wikid times on it over the years, just go into it with your eyes open.
N-joy!
to me acid is an experince refresh wen lifes getin fuked it makes u take a step bak from ur head and lets u c the wot ur mind is capable of ..the real difrence for me between shrooms and acid is i get visuals of acid and cant really do alot so id do it in safe place..get some clean acid..i get mine from india ..burt dnt get anything that had a bad name attached to it..will b dark and dirty acid..and i wouldnt advis it for ur first trip
xx
set and setting (where you do it) and maturity / your own personal mental/emotional baggage are a big factor
when I first did acid I was an angry young youth in my teens who had just dropped out of uni and was experiencing some serious family conflict. Sometimes me and my mates at the time (who were all going through the same sort of experiences) would take it and we’d end up doing vandalism and petty crimes.
It started off as mischief, but it was getting a bit more sinister each time (random breaking of windows, theft from cars, non-dwelling burglaries etc) – this is what I meant on the “chavscum” thread when I said I could have easily become a chav
One time I did it, and at the peak I was using a screwdriver or some other sharp implement to get into places – and the thought went through my mind that if I were challenged by somebody (like a building owner) I would think nothing of running them through with the screwdriver – it would be like killing a fly or other insect.
when I calmed down a bit, luckily this thought (and the realisation I was drifting further into criminal behaviour) shocked me to such an extent that I stoppped taking acid and did not touch it for 10 years – a better idea than 10 years inside or getting sectioned!
when I did it again in the late 1990s I had a lot more stability in my life and a better circle of friends (my original friends from “back in the day” are now mostly drifters/addicts, in HMP or brown bread).
It was then a bit more fun – but even then there were some odd things to contend with – I variously thought an East Reading car park was marked out as a landing strip for RAF helicopters, and at one point an infinite number of Nuns had entered my brain and were warning me off my sinful behaviour (the joys of a Catholic upbringing 🙂 ) but because I was now headstrong enough to realise “this is just a drug” it wasn’t that difficult to deal with.
The time factor is a big one – if you are not strong enough to handle the aftermath on Monday then make sure you have time off (in some jobs, particularly ones which are more technical and require less human interaction it is easy to switch into “robot mode” and not let on you are still boxed from the weekend!).
Mind you, one Monday when I worked in the electronics industry I ended up grabbing a soldering iron by the hot end due to the remnants of LSD combined with sleep deprivation. I managed not to shout too loudly and even completed the task – but the pain lasted a good few days and was a stark reminder not to “overdo things”. These days I work as a software developer which is “safer” though 😀
I completely agree with what everone else has said, there are no ways I can describe acid!! apart from it really does open ur mind!!
But there is one thing I can say if u are uncertain about taking it Im shore u’ve necked a pill before and suddenly thought “fuk I shoulden’t have done that” u cant think like this on acid because it will only lead u to be extremly paranoid which could then lead to a bad trip!!
When people think of bad trips most of them tend to think you have visions of the devil and messed up stuff like that (which im shore has happend) but I have a friend who actualy thought he was an orange and people where going to peel him!! I also have another who ran around a lake repeatedly for hours thinking she was a needle on a record!! sounds funny but for these people it WAS NOT!! They actualy belived this messed up eh!!
As for me!! I have to say best drug i’ve ever taken first time I experienced it was at a party on a lovely sunny day with the most gorgeous surroundings you could imagine!! it was lovely although I spent the first couple of hours of my trip staring at a tobacco tin!! sounds extremly boring but it was great the things I was seein!! I love it!! I have only taken it twice more after this and I think i’ve done my bit with it!! Basically I have never loved taking anything as much as this before so I say to myself well if it can make me feel this happy and love it this much imagine what it would be like if it made me feel bad!! I’ve never experienced a bad trip and really dont want to so for now im gonna stick with the mushies!! Nice and gentle!! Highly recomended though long as u take all the advice u’ve been given!! have a great trip.
p.l.u.r:p
nice one, loon, quality bit of public info. LSD is my favorite drug of all time, and i have yet to have a bad trip, thanks to a similar tricks to loons “its just the acid” so long as you can remember that you took the acid on purpose, and everything you experience is something which will be gone when the acid is. the danger is forgeting that you have done acid, or letting yourself beleive that you have broken your mind. yes you have, by societies standards, but you chose to an its only temp.
acid doesnt add to your experiences, it merely amplifies them, also bringing your subconcious to the surface. this is why you need to be with safe folks, as if you arent comfortable and say something farrout that embarrases or confuses those around you, then the paranioa can take hold.
ive heard people say acids an antisocial drug, and it certainly doesnt create conversatioon like beer does, but the chats are generally about everything real, and the meaningless bunf of day to day pubchat receeds into triviality.
i hadn’t done cid for three years before last night, as i was unsure that i was fully comfortable with my life and body (whiplash) and was scared that these negative thoughts would plague me. luckily the trip was amazing, i stuck my head in the sea which recharged every cell in my body n a new and crazy way. brighton pavillion turned into a massive hive, with insect like entities flying out in a spiral to heaven. i realised how stupid cats really are, and the club went thru various different incarations as a laboritory, dungeon, cruise ship etc. my my my i love the cid. everything is sooo clear.
ive got to rcomend “the electric kool-aid acid test” by tom wolfe, its abouty the discovery of rcreational acid use by ken kesey in sixties san fran. anyone who is interested in the various and complex effects of THE DREAD LSD shoulkd give it a read. these guys new the score, happy trippin, guys!
Originally posted by USE
ive got to rcomend “the electric kool-aid acid test” by tom wolfe, its abouty the discovery of rcreational acid use by ken kesey in sixties san fran. anyone who is interested in the various and complex effects of THE DREAD LSD shoulkd give it a read. these guys new the score, happy trippin, guys!
seconded. I read this just a few months ago – was bursting out laughing at every chapter – although it is decades old could even relate to some of the situations these tripheads found themselves in 😀
while we’re on the subject of literature…
‘Grits’ by Niall Griffith is one of the finest ‘fictional’ descriptions of drug use ever penned.
It makes trainspotting look like “peter and jane and pat the dog got on a big red bus”.
Available in all good (and some rubbish) bookstores now
HAS ANYONE FOUND NOWADAYS ACID IS CRAP COMPARED TO THE STUFF AROUND 10 YRS AGO ?
True words said about your state of mind….i did it a few times summer of 1993, then in 1998. I really find everything funny, and the floor being indeed squishy.
Since then, i find every now and again i ‘funny turns’ like flashbacks which does scare me, i certainly would not do it now..im too fucked up and would spin out all over.
As a spur of the moment thing yes, but dont think about it before you do cos u’ll trip out and end up hatinh it.
Afriend of mine began to peal his skin off his arm with a potatoe pealer befoe we stopped him, he has a scar 2″x 5″ on the back of his hand, it was this which mad me stop !
Be careful !
Acid is fuuuun. Just do it with people you trust and make sure at least one person is straight in the event of the unfortunate. That’s what we always do… and we groove with blue ducks all night long… heh… oh yes it’s fun
I just felt this urge to post some of the things that happened to me (or rather I thought was happening to me) while on LSD. It might be worth to note that I had tested mushrooms before I decided to do LSD, so I was not totally unaware what this was about.
The first time I was in Thailand with people I did not know, and met a guy I did not feel totally comfortable with. He and his friend had been going around the island we were at on motorcycles, and kicked people off bikes!! His friend was now in Thai-jail and had no much fun anymore. The dude I was hanging out with was really cool to me, but as you might understand, I did not trust him 100%.
The reason I write this is that when I tried acid for the first time together with this dude, I never felt altogether secure and comfortable. And I can’t recommend that.
The trip was beautiful! The lightly dressed babes on the beach we were at were dancing, and everything looked just awesome. I saw music for the first time. I could actually see the techno coming out of the loudspeakers. When I saw where the point of optimal stereo was on the beach, I went there and just stood there for a while, and damn! it indeed was full stereo at this place.
What an experience!! 😛
On the backside I had a not-so-pleasant coming down. As I had no friends I really knew that much where we were, I started to get very tired of the coming down. Whenever I wanted to talk to a person, I saw colorful spirals spiralling down into his head from his eyes. Beautiful but scary. I finally got a sleeping pill from somebody and finally finally I could sleep.
This just shows that it was not a good idea to do it without friends.
Next time I did it I was with a friend in the forest. This was much cooler, as I had the comfort of being with somebody I knew and trusted. This time we talked with trees and looked at movies in stones and things like that. A lot of fun 🙂
Just choose some cool place if you wanna do LSD.
/Wridmuld
(By the way – have you ever seen a tree waving goodbye to you when you are leaving the forest? I have! )
0
Voices
663
Replies
Tags
This topic has no tags
Forums › Drugs › LSD & Other Psychedelic Drugs › Acid Virgin
