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HarmlessRabbit · 07-04-2003, 09:45 AM

i'm 38 and i've occasionally used drugs over the years. Here's my advice:

- Know yourself first.

If you're an "addictive" personality, prone to binges, watch out. Can you eat just one chip and stop? When you drink, can you have two drinks and say "no thanks, i've got to get up early?" If not, you're in a danger zone playing with drugs. Alcohol is bad enough, drugs are far more powerful than alcohol and can permanently damage you.

- Know the drugs

Erowid, mentioned before, is a great resource. Remember than many street drugs aren't clean, so you may not know what you're getting unless you have a trusted friend helping you. Many drugs (ketamine, nitrous oxide, sniffing glue) can permanently damage your brain with a lot of use. Others (LSD, ecstacy, mushrooms, pot) are generally safe to your body, especially when occasionally experimenting with them. Overuse of anything is bad.

- Think about what you want to get out of the experience

I think drugs are best approached ritually. What are you trying to change in yourself? LSD, in particular, and also shrooms and ecstacy can be a way for you to explore parts of your mind and your self that you have never touched before. To do that, you'll need a "ritual" environment, not a dance club. Approached right, drugs can open up your mind and help you see things in new ways. Approached wrong, and drugs can get you in jail, or make you a mother/father far before you were ready, or give you a STD, or worse.

Drugs are powerful and dangerous, like guns, and they need to be treated with respect. Read some of the horror stories on erowid and you'll see what I mean.

Ok, that said, I've occasionally done LSD, shrooms, and ecstacy (i don't like pot) over the years, and I'm none the worse for it. I took an IQ test a couple of years ago and score exactly the same as I did in high school. My physical health right now is better than it has ever been. I still do ecstacy about 2-4 times a year with close friends, and I find it's a wonderful drug to open you up to friends. I also occasionally do shrooms and it's wonderful to open yourself up internally, but not really a social drug.

Good luck, and be careful!

07-04-2003, 09:45 AM	#56 (permalink)
HarmlessRabbit Junkie Location: San Jose, CA	i'm 38 and i've occasionally used drugs over the years. Here's my advice: - Know yourself first. If you're an "addictive" personality, prone to binges, watch out. Can you eat just one chip and stop? When you drink, can you have two drinks and say "no thanks, i've got to get up early?" If not, you're in a danger zone playing with drugs. Alcohol is bad enough, drugs are far more powerful than alcohol and can permanently damage you. - Know the drugs Erowid, mentioned before, is a great resource. Remember than many street drugs aren't clean, so you may not know what you're getting unless you have a trusted friend helping you. Many drugs (ketamine, nitrous oxide, sniffing glue) can permanently damage your brain with a lot of use. Others (LSD, ecstacy, mushrooms, pot) are generally safe to your body, especially when occasionally experimenting with them. Overuse of anything is bad. - Think about what you want to get out of the experience I think drugs are best approached ritually. What are you trying to change in yourself? LSD, in particular, and also shrooms and ecstacy can be a way for you to explore parts of your mind and your self that you have never touched before. To do that, you'll need a "ritual" environment, not a dance club. Approached right, drugs can open up your mind and help you see things in new ways. Approached wrong, and drugs can get you in jail, or make you a mother/father far before you were ready, or give you a STD, or worse. Drugs are powerful and dangerous, like guns, and they need to be treated with respect. Read some of the horror stories on erowid and you'll see what I mean. Ok, that said, I've occasionally done LSD, shrooms, and ecstacy (i don't like pot) over the years, and I'm none the worse for it. I took an IQ test a couple of years ago and score exactly the same as I did in high school. My physical health right now is better than it has ever been. I still do ecstacy about 2-4 times a year with close friends, and I find it's a wonderful drug to open you up to friends. I also occasionally do shrooms and it's wonderful to open yourself up internally, but not really a social drug. Good luck, and be careful!