the times are changen'

who thinks it's time for a break?

it's been quite an adventure, but i'm thinking i'll take a very long break from psychedelics, and other drugs.

i'll still be on here, but only to provide advise to others.

peace!

 

Good luck to you, shermy. I've taken a long enough break. I think it's time for me to get back into some shit, though priorities prevent that, at this time, so it'll likely be a few more months before I can get back into the swing of things.

Again....good luck with your break

 

thanks man!

 

It's important to take a break once in a while, especially with drugs...so thumbs up!

 

Good idea!

 

good luck, which drugs in particular have you been going overboard with recently?

 

Im taking a break from MDMA. Ive been overdoing it big time....

 

Too much of a good thing...

Like TNS, this year I've just come off of a 6-7 year dry spell (excluding weed & booze and only a couple 2c's before that) and I haven't yet gotten to go nearly as deep, as far, or as often as I'd like to so I've got my work cut out for me before I consider taking a break. It'll happen when the time is right though. You know when it's the right time for exploration and when it's time for a break, so I'm glad you're listening to your body/mind but I'm even more glad that you'll still be around

Good luck

 

Lol your break will probably be just about as long as time normally is between trips for me. So I am not to worried about my favorite (okay... only) tripping buddy. Except for I still really want to take the AMT. But it can wait I suppose.

 

May i ask what brought you to this decision? If there was something specific?

Generally, i believe psychonauts should follow the call. Breaks are excellent for integration, consolidation and growth . . . when one is not hearing the call and when it is just time for a break, as well as when one gets into negative patterns/loops, and a host of other reasons (a prime example that many here have experienced might be described as a downgrade in setting).

After a really bad experience i took a break that, personally, was too long - close to 20 years actually . . .i really regret it. In hindsight, i wish i had taken 6-24 months off to heal, then gotten back into the work.

Oh well, the past is done and i'm back into it now. So, take heart out there you younguns, you can literally take decades off then get back into it.

Currently, i am a user of "tactical" abstention breaks for various reasons that last on average from a couple of weeks to more than a couple months. . . .It has always felt right and the call eventually returns such that i can not ignore it . . .

shermin - i am looking forward to your future posts. Often some of the most chewy (mentally) material on these forums comes from people who have swum deep in the psychedelic seas but who are currently watching from the shoreline . . .

Peace & Love,
Spicey Cat
Brrrrp!

 

i have been on a break from indulging for about a month now. I think it will probably be another month before it will be time to get back to it though.

glad your taking a break as well shermin. we all need it sometimes and now seems like a good time

 

I am approaching a break as well. I would still like to get some tripping in this summer before school starts, and before things start being due for school. That still gives me over a month. I figure I'll still do : large LSD dose, large DPT dose, large DOC dose. maybe pharmahuasca.

 

im down to come to toronto to take a large doc dose with you writer.

 

A break is always needed. It makes it better when ya come back! Enjoy ur break, I'm com'in up on one myself, or should. Family mov'in and all.But we'll see. Still hav'in fun at the moment.haha

 

you guys probably know that i like to keep my tripping to once a month, maybe twice max. and even with that frequency, i feel like i need to take it easy...which is maybe part of the reason i haven't done a really high dose of anything. which is funny, b/c a high dose will probably be just the thing to set me off on a break

 

do it for the team! if you do it successfully please write it up includig dosage of maoi and deem times. I always wanted to eat some pharma and even drink the traditional aya but never had the balls to do it but I think I might be prepared for it now.

 

well, i had a very intense 2c-b+mdma trip a week or 2 ago...it was a FANTASTIC trip, but i think that it's about time i focus on something else for a while.

that sort of implanted the idea that i'm still not sure what kind of mission i'm on here. as magical as tripping frequently can be, everything takes a tole of some variety.

 

everyone takes a break at some point, thanks for sticking around and helping the rest of us.

 

I plan on taking a break from MDMA. I have been using it way too much lately, its so hard when your at shows not too though. Yeah Ive definitely got to slow my use down, Ive already had past experiences of that taking its toll when I was younger and it can def fuck with your brain chemistry.

 

Best wishes. Look forward to hearing from you still.

Listen to your body/spirit.