Lookin for a new high

Take some acid. Or some X.

 

I'd lean in the direction of those suggesting he take a break... to be bored of all that at 16 isn't a good sign. Take a break for a month or more, educate yourself, and gain an understanding of what you really hope to accomplish. I have never looked at drugs as a way to get "fucked up" but as a way to expand my experience of the world. This is just my opinion but I believe if you develop a true respect for the substances and yourself you will be much happier and perhaps not get so bored.

 

...and that's the cool thing about psychedelics. Once you look at the "high/trip" from that perspective, every experience is different and unboring. The chemical acts as a catalyst for self/perceptual exploration. i.e mushrooms with friends while camping as the summer ends (bonding/wilderness) is different from shrooms at a Pink Floyd laser show (sensory immersion); MDMA with your wife/GF in a one on one prepared setting vs @ a night club
Don't just look for the drug's effects; look for the experience

 

Find a slut who will have hot nasty sex with you all the time. That's pretty much the best drug.



Please note that slut is not used as a demeaning term above but more as a term of empowerment, and even endearment when having hot raunchy sex.

Or like g-fruit said: smoke rocks. The world needs more crackheads.

 

2ces is right. it sounds like you got the drugs part down. All you need is sex and rock n roll.

 

One word. Ecstasy. Life changing experience

 

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haha, obviously you haven't been very far down the ecstasy road. life changing experience? i don't think so, unless your definition of a life changing experience is long lasting depression.
maybe if you took it for the first time it'd change your life but not for long, you're always gonna return to where you were mentally coz it's just chemicals.
and i've had more than enough experience with ecstasy to know this.

 

Maybe that's the prob - more than enough. With E it depends how much and how often you take it. Heavy and frequent use can lead to depression. Occaisional use of a reasonable amount can have the opposite effect and give a heightened mood which persists for some time.

In many ways, I'm glad I didn't discover it when I was younger, as I might have been inclined to go over the top with it - as it is, I find taking a little bit now and then when going out has changed many things for me, and all in a positive way. But there are dangers with over use, and I've met people who have gone too far with it and had problems - although not long term problems. I know others who have been taking it for years on an occaisional basis, and they all seem to have avoided problems.
I myself do feel that it can be a life changing thing - but as with everything, you need to treat it with respect. I think overall it is safer and far superior to alchohol. And more 'empathogenic' than acid etc. Not as toxic as coke or speed......not addictive like opiates.

The other issue (at least in the uk - don't know about the situation in the states) is to ensure that what you get is actually MDMA. Many pills sold on the street over here contain little or none of it. Crystal is more reliable, and easier to know exactly how much you're taking.

 

BBB, I'm glad to see you posting as you have some wise insights. If you enjoy MDMA on more of a therepeutic level, have you ever tried methylone?

 

yeh my problem is i abused them from the age of 15 to late 18.. almost 4 years of weekend use and have even done weeklong binges on them.

 

It definitely has been theraputic for me - although I've usually taken it at parties etc. It helped me to see how I'd been thinking negatively about many things without really being aware of it for years. It has also helped change the way I relate to other people.
I haven't tried methylone, and I have to confess I know very little about it - I'll try reading up on it on erowid.

 

ecstasy has indeed done this with me as well. however, these insights always fade away and gradually disappear. i think i've had a fair share of psychosis through ecstasy, some of which may still remain, but since my decision to quit (which was only a couple of months back) this psychosis is starting to fade. it's like a mild form of schizophrenia, although while i'm aware that it is through the drugs and i'm not worrying about my sanity either. it's hard to put into words, but like i said - it's starting to fade. a year from now, i doubt it will be an issue.

 

I'm sorry to hear about your problem with this. As I said before, I know others who have done too much e over too long a time. With time you'll probably get back to normal.
I know that over use can lead to problems - my argument is that light use doesn't necessarily, and that many other drugs are worse - myself I had problems with drink some years ago.

It's hard for me to comment much because as you say, you started taking it when quite young (like me starting on acid at age 16) - when I first tried it I was already very experienced with other things, and I realized that this was something to keep for special occaisions. I've never done it more than about once a fortnight, and only for an evening.
I find that the pos feeling does persist for some time after a session, but in my case it's more that it has helped me to re-orient my thinking. For someone like me in their 40's it can be an invaluable antidote to getting into a 'middle-aged' mindset.

Anyway - I'd say to lay off it and also off psychedelics until you feel better, and if you do take it again, keep it to light use.

 

I'm afraid to try X.. I heard too many stories of people dying the first time trying it.

 

The risk is tiny. I believe about one in 100,000 people have some negative reaction, and of those it is severe in even less. Stats show that in europe, more people are killed by electric blankets each year than die on ecstacy.

And those who have died have mainly died for two reasons:
First, some take a big dose, go to a party and dance frenetically for hours without drinking any water - they get dehydrated, and collapse from that.

Second, others hear that you should have water with it, and that's true - it's a good idea to counter dehydration effects by sipping water - but they go too far, drink about a gallon in a short space of time and die from that.

Background health issues probably play a part too.
So does the fact that many ecstacy tablets contain other things, other drugs, and sometimes no MDMA at all.

From a UK perspective,(I suspect it's the same in America) there has been, since the early 90's a concerted campaign in the media to demonize ecstacy - and there is a lot of mis-information floating about.

In the end it's a question of common sense - sip water, don't get dehydrated - simple.

Still, unless you feel comfortable to try something, leave it alone. It's your descision to take e or any other drug.

If you want to know more look on erowid.com or go to http://www.mdma.net/index.html

 

Respect. I'm happy that you can get this positivity from ecstasy use and you are obviously using it in the correct and therefore beneficial manner. Although I've made a decision to lay off ecstasy (maybe one time in the future, but unlikely) I'm still going to do mushrooms and acid once in a while. Surprisingly, these haven't had any negative effects on me, and when I come down I always feel back to normal.
Maybe ecstasy does for you what these do for me. I'd never abuse acid or shrooms though (like i did with E), I treat them with respect coz they have done wonders for me.

 

I have nothing against acid or mushrooms, both of which I've done a lot of over the years. For me, taking either one sets me off in what is really a kind of introspective direction - like a journey into deep layers of stuff. Like a journey into the unknown...
I find the thing with e is more external. Probably because I generally use it in a social context. I find that whilst phsychedelics can disconnect you from people, even if only temporarily, e has the effect of making you more open to others, connecting with people etc. Acid can make you feel a bit aloof perhaps...

I have not had any bad consequences from taking psychedelics. (other than legal ones some years back)Probably, if I'd never taken acid years ago, I'd never have tried ecstacy in more recent times. Acid changed everything for me - e has changed it again, but I find it quite different from mushies, acid etc.

These days, I just feel reluctant to do anything like acid because I guess I've seen enough for me for now. Probably one day I'll do some again.