Shambles I bought 3 of the Al-lad..was meant to be for a weekend with my friend for her 40th in October..she has 2 there me one here. I can only trip with her. Have only ever giggly fun times when just me and her. Trust, similar humour, lunacy and sense of the bizarre and surreal works for us. We never got round to them.
But it's been a long time since I knowingly did any psychedelics (3 yearish)..and now she has coke habit that would put a city w/banker to shame. They have been stored badly too.
I see her Friday maybe I can gently persuade her..but she will insist on doing her beloved coke too..can't think that would be a great combo?
For me, coke is just about the very antithesis of psychedelia. One builds false ego, one breaks down false ego. Combining the two can only ever lead to paradoxical mush at best (not necessarily a bad thing but certainly not ideal) or downright cold, hard, reality-slap stuff. Egos tend to be fragile beasts. Especially when coke-fuelled. Although I have heard of folk combining coke with psyches it's not summat that's ever appealed to me even remotely. Am not the world's biggest coke fan... except when I am (ex-crack addict so can't pretend I object entirely

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) but mainly on principle. It's very seductive stuff and if it were properly,
properly good coke I could see a case for sheer hedonism. Back in the real world where most coke resides, I could only really expect nasty, jittery paranoia and self-loathing to come from combining the two. Both have their place (arguably) but should be kept separate at (almost) all times (unarguably). Imo, ime, ymmv, etc, etc.
Is AL-LAD "better" than LSZ? Only tried LSZ and I loved that.
Hate to say it, but I tend to agree with the generalisation that AL-LAD is a bit like the giggly, upbeat, pretty side of acid whilst LSZ is the more introspective, not so visual, perhaps even slightly downbeat (at least in comparison to AL-LAD) side of acid. Neither are acid, both are quite interesting and worthwhile in their own right.