bongdong
Bluelighter
Interesting topic. Before I arrived here, I also thought there isn't really such a thing as a potential dependence to psychedelics. Don't think there is a physical one, but what I read/learned here changed my mind about psychological dependence and escapism and that sort.
I thought, and for me personally it still is that way, psychedelic do not reliably give you anything, like alcohol and opiates/opioids etc. do. They show or reveal something, it could be heaven, or your personal hell. Cannabis seems to be in the middle (or can do both) in that regard. So in that sense I thought they are not really suitable as a coping aid, to mask issues and so unlikely to become habitually used. But apparently, they effect some folk rather benign and predictable, ..and then get eaten like candy, with all the colorful rationalizations .
But as always, I'm sure there is a price to be paid for such abuse.
I don't see myself in the position to say how these compounds should be use, but personally, if I'm not able to create a space where things can unfold somewhat naturally, where there is at least the chance of me letting go and collect myself a little bit afterwards, I don't even think about tripping. Have a (for me) novel LSD analog at home since summer, ..untouched.
I'm not sure what it takes to have e.g. a dentist appointment or job interview in a couple of hours and think, dropping some hundred mcg of acid is a good and fun idea. What do you think? I know some folks must know! Terence McKenna used to make some rather spicy comments about the different effects of psychedelics on different types of people, but I spare you that cause it's rather judgmental. I digressed, ..what was the topic again? 
I thought, and for me personally it still is that way, psychedelic do not reliably give you anything, like alcohol and opiates/opioids etc. do. They show or reveal something, it could be heaven, or your personal hell. Cannabis seems to be in the middle (or can do both) in that regard. So in that sense I thought they are not really suitable as a coping aid, to mask issues and so unlikely to become habitually used. But apparently, they effect some folk rather benign and predictable, ..and then get eaten like candy, with all the colorful rationalizations .

I don't see myself in the position to say how these compounds should be use, but personally, if I'm not able to create a space where things can unfold somewhat naturally, where there is at least the chance of me letting go and collect myself a little bit afterwards, I don't even think about tripping. Have a (for me) novel LSD analog at home since summer, ..untouched.

