For anyone fearing long term effects of acid

I believe that I've come to a sort of ephinany.

In the past year, I've learned a whole hell of a lot.

A year ago, my older sister died in a car accident. She was only 17. I'm 17 now at the time. When that happened, I had never done any psychodelic drugs, only smoked a little weed. My life was compeltely changed.

In the months following that horrible day, I began to smoke every day, drink a lot, and I just didn't care anymore.

Then, this past summer came along. I got into psychodelics. I did mushrooms, 2C-E and 2C-I. I then started to do acid.

If you guys have seen my other posts, I posted about how I was scared about the long term effects of acid and how I thought I was going crazy, etc.

In the past year I've learned a lot about life, maturity, and reality. I realize now that I'm a completely different person from exactly a year ago.

After being scared from what I thought acid did to me, I now realize what is going on. I was afraid of my own mind. My own being. I was afraid that my mind was losing itself, and that I was losing me. I know realize that this was never the case. My fear is now gone, and I've come to grips with my own being. I realize now that every step in life takes thinking and maturity. I know now how I must live, at peace with myself and others. I've always been a respecting person, and in turn been respected - for the most part.

What I'm trying to say is, for anyone who is fearing the long term effects of acid - don't have fear. Do not be afraid of your own mind, your own being. Rather, accept how your mind has been changed, let it expand and grasp the reality around you, and know how to become a better person and realize who you really are. Your mind is a temple. Trust it, and you will have eternal peace.

-Zencer

 

Don't be mistaken, long term effects could be good or bad.

http://nepenthes.lycaeum.org/Drugs/LSD/LSD.psych.html

 

Autobot,

All of that shit doesn't make me paranoid anymore. I know for a fact that I'm not going crazy. I spent a month battling with my mind to determine that. I'm completely normal, I just feel tripped out certain parts of the day and have some weird, persisting visual distubances (possibly, HPPD). But it is nothing that my mind cannot grasp and expand with.

 

You're not.
But that doesn't mean I'm not!

 

That article just outlines the basic facts about psychology and the drug...in reality that article is trivial and most of the info presented is already known by most users of the drug. Responsible use of the drug is almost entirely void of negative consequence. The negative effects come with irresponsible and chronic use. If you really want to note the UNDOCUMENTED negative side effects that come with chronic LSD use, and even serious side effects in non chronic users...check out this thread

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=259489

 

I agree a lot with the original post. I think that 90% or more of the psychological damage done by acid could be undone if the person would simply focus on alleviating fear.

 

I feel amazing today. Like I'm on top of what was happening. I've realized what acid has done for me, beneficially. And I'm fucking psyched.

 

Okay..I have a question to ask you,
Everything you said in the original post reminded me of what my best friend said to me..
And honestly, I'm not sure how I feel about it..I don't really do that much..all I do is smoke pot every now and then, but I'm worried about her..she keeps telling me that she's so happy smoking pot everyday all day and doing acid and mushrooms. She says she's experienced things she could've never experienced before about her mind and stuff..and believe me, we've had deep conversations about stuff like this and I truly believe you can experience great things in your mind without ALWAYS putting a substance in your body..the only reason why I'm worried is because she went to a festival and did like 15 hits of acid in like 4 or 5 days. She tells me that she knows her limit and she'll never ever go beyond mushrooms or acid..although I kind of believe her, there's still a part of me that feels like she's taking it a little too far because we've drifted in the past year, I mean we've talked about it and it's better than it used to be but we're still not the same..SHOULD I BE WORRIED???

 

Whoa? you dug up a thread from 07 to ask your question, did some searching did ya? I was stuck thinking about what i was doing back in 07 for like....... 5 minutes, ah the good old days....
Anyway, what are you worried about?. People grow apart, people change, its inevitable, its life.

 

Yeah i searched haha..Yes I know people change..but she's my BEST friend, the person I thought I would be close with forever. I don't think you know how close we were..like sisters..and don't get me wrong I'm NOT some judgmental stupid prude..I'm prolly more of a hippe than she is haha..I'm all about freeing yourself and letting go and loving people but I don't feel like you NEED something to do that..I mean maybe every now and then but she does it everyday, throughout the day..I just can't let my life revolve around a substance..I won't..I mean I thought my dad was dead for 17 years of my life because of drugs..I'm 19 now, and I still don't know where he is. I guess the reason why I'm worried is because she's told me she would never do mushrooms, and she did. She's told me she would never do acid..and she did. I've noticed it's been affecting her too..she can barely drive at night because all the lights swerve together. and she's telling me now she would never ever go farther than that but it still scares me..honestly, if her group of friends didn't do stuff like that all the time I would be right there with her but I just can't...and that's what hurts me the most..I just want to be close with her again...Also, DO YOU FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU DID IN 2007?

 

I feel alot different than i did in 07.... i used the phrase "ah the good old days" very sarcasticallly. I was in a bad place and LSD and mushrooms brought me to where i am today, which is to say the least much better.

And you are at that age where you start to grow apart from people you thought you never would, i am sorry.

 

okay, this has really helped me.Thank you so much.
I guess i'm gonna try to be around her friends more and stay close with her but if we drift, its gonna be hard but i guess thats the way it has to be.
one more thing..
I know you said you feel alot different than you did on 07, if you dont mind me asking...Can you tell me HOW you feel now and what acid led you to?
sorry if thats asking too much. I just really wanna know what you think since the original post you put up sounded exactly like my best friend.

 

i am not the OP.

Try to stay close to your friend, but don't force it. Maybe she is just going through a "phase" in her life, one that you have obviously decided is not for you. There is nothing wrong with that. I will explain my situation if only reluctantly(i feel like i talk about it to much).

In 2007 when i was 20/21 i was doing alot of opiates(pills and heroin) and i was very depressed and didn't think much of life. I had done psychedelics before this period but i completely lost my self in harder drugs. To put it simply, there was very little i enjoyed in life except opiates. What led me to opiate addiction was prior knowledge that they would make me numb to my feelings. This coupled with feelings i didn't want to feel or experience led me to using them heavily to escape these feelings. I was weak spiritually.

Fortunately for me one of my best friends decided i should try to get away from those drugs and invited me to trip with him one night. Saying something like "man you don't need all that stuff to try to escape, what you need is something to get you in touch with yourself and face you instead of trying to run from it" . And thats what happened. We had a very deep discussion that night and i was able to be completely honest about things i usually wouldn't

Psychedelics allowed me to get very honest with myself about what i was doing and why i was doing it(opiate use). Without them i don't know what would have happened, unfortunately i didn't have much will power and was basically a slave to opiates at that point. After taking psychedelics(LSD and shrooms only) quite regularly over a few months i definitely realized i need to make a change.

After i made this change and decided i wanted more out of life than to be a slave to opiates i kept taking psychedelics and quit the opiates(with the help of subutex) all together. I then went through many trips that opened my psyche and heart to the beauty of life and myself.

I now find beauty in things i never did, stars, reading, nature, learning, other people(big one). Also i stay away from things i consider no good, most importantly all hard drugs, with the exception of beer(which i drink in moderation). I also still smoke pot, but i don't see a problem with that.

I also don't take psychedelics nearly as much as i did then, maybe twice a month with a few exceptions every now and again.

I hope this paints a general picture for you.

And if your friends starts doing hard drugs like opiates/cocaine everyday i would start to worry then.

 

I think that the thing about being unable to drive at night should bother you. The one thing that bothers me about psychedelics is persisting hallucinations. I like the state of mind, but that doesn't mean I want to be tripping all the time. She should back off, I should think, and try to fix that. Other than that, maybe you should take some more acid, while she takes less?

It also bothers me exactly how easily I've gotten to that persisting point, and how easily people like your friend are to the point that they are. I've only had ONE (strong) traditional psychedelic trip, and lots of various lesser known or exotic ones. I see visual disturbances that aren't there, and I know they're not, but I can see night driving getting bad with more of it, or a lot of things becoming needlessly hard. I don't want to become like the OP's friends, because I'm already, and have long been, the quiet introverted one, thinking and making strange faces. I don't need to be the quiet batshit insane one.

 

maybe she cant drive at night because she's a girl?

".............."

 

Well jack, I do feel like the normal one on this board... So it's ok... Least I'm not walking around town trying to impress the voices in my head, like someone we know

 

Oh haha...
I just assumed you were the OP since you talked about 07.
thank you.
you've given me a lot to think about.
Thanks for being so understanding.