New here, but I've had countless drug experiences. Everything from MDMA to tripping, to weed, alcohol, opiates, and amphetamines.
I find that a lot of the same rules apply to being high as when you're sober. Drugs DO NOT make you happy. Your happiness is independent of everything. Drugs just make you feel a certain way and then people get addicted to that feeling. For example, alcohol opens you up and lowers you inhibitions so you keep wanting to feel like that when instead you can learn to be that way while sober. Drugs are what you make of them. They are simply a tool that can make you more open or close minded.
I notice that I have many ups and downs while high on anything. There are triggers and situations. Being high doesn't guarantee pleasure or euphoria. You have to learn to be present as you would be while sober. That means: not taking your thoughts too seriously, letting thoughts go, being the awareness of them, meditating through your thoughts and emotions. This is why drugs affect people so differently. If they already have problems, those problems tend to come up while high. Others can relax through the high better and go with the flow.
At first I thought that mindset only applies to tripping-it doesn't. Even the drugs that do provide straight euphoria like heroin, coke, and mdma, can be blocked if you have negative thoughts and emotions going on.
In the end, drugs only make you more sensitive in different ways. It's your choice if you want it to be a positive or negative experience.
I find that a lot of the same rules apply to being high as when you're sober. Drugs DO NOT make you happy. Your happiness is independent of everything. Drugs just make you feel a certain way and then people get addicted to that feeling. For example, alcohol opens you up and lowers you inhibitions so you keep wanting to feel like that when instead you can learn to be that way while sober. Drugs are what you make of them. They are simply a tool that can make you more open or close minded.
I notice that I have many ups and downs while high on anything. There are triggers and situations. Being high doesn't guarantee pleasure or euphoria. You have to learn to be present as you would be while sober. That means: not taking your thoughts too seriously, letting thoughts go, being the awareness of them, meditating through your thoughts and emotions. This is why drugs affect people so differently. If they already have problems, those problems tend to come up while high. Others can relax through the high better and go with the flow.
At first I thought that mindset only applies to tripping-it doesn't. Even the drugs that do provide straight euphoria like heroin, coke, and mdma, can be blocked if you have negative thoughts and emotions going on.
In the end, drugs only make you more sensitive in different ways. It's your choice if you want it to be a positive or negative experience.