Originally posted by rollballs:
5 times in two weeks is waaaaaaay too much!!! Once every four weeks at most is the best rule!!
Yeah. Really, you are doing more harm than good. If you can even roll off those pills, because you've probably used up most of your serotonin by now. You are already abusing ecstacy, and if you keep up that kind of behavior, you may encounter depression, anxiety, panic attacks, feeling generally cracked out, and a whole other slew of other nasty things. Not to mention, if you continue to roll at this rate, you will no longer be able to, because you will have built up a tolerance, and the receptors which more or less take in serotonin (the stuff that's released when you take E and makes you feel good) will eventually be downregulated. Downregulation means they are bombarded so constantly by taking e, that they recede to protect themselves, which means you don't roll.
Go here:
www.dancesafe.org/slideshow/
and watch. Please. Be safe, 5x in two weeks really is a lot.
To answer your first question: it's generally ok to have a beer or two before, or even during, rolling. I get a little nervous and anxious too, and a beer or cider calms my nerves a bit. It's even been shown that a small amount of alcohol may help you roll better. I must stress the word small.
However:
1. Alcohol promotes dehydration, and if you're dancing, you may get too dehydrated. Stay away from drinking large quantities.
2. When you're rolling AND drunk, it's really quite hard to gauge if you've had too much to drink or not, and drink yourself into a stupor. I was able to finish off a bottle of sparkling wine, while rolling, very very quickly, without even realizing how much I was drinking. Lucky for me it was a low percentage alcoholic drink and I didn't get too drunk.
3. If you drink a lot, then roll, yes, your roll will get clouded. It is a little hard to tell what's going on, and it feels more like you're drunk and a little weird, than drunk or rolling. So I do not advise you to get drunk before pilling.
Hope this answers your question.