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How have drugs HELPED you out in life...

mr.buffnstuff

mr.buffnstuff

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ok pretty much as above! iv had a few real life changing revelations thanks to 'trips'! first time was a real breakthrough on LSD when i realised i wasnt happy with being a REALLY fat cunt and like a switch in my brain i started hitting the gym! another time was on the humble lib caps when i realised i needed to shut my business down. and last night on MXE when i saw how my life has been over the last 2 years! i feel amazing, like brand new and so focused!
i do attribute alot in my life to drugs, for me trips have been more than just fun, they have been the catalyst for reaching out further and pushing myself further!
after kicking 18 months of prescription opiates i feel like im ME again and life has never been better! im actually excited for the future! life is good!
be who you want to be!
 
Comedowns lead me to dwell on the shit things on my life and give me a swift kick up the ass. Quite dramatically in some cases, I emigrated and started a new career off the back of an awful comedown... was very impulsive but the best thing I ever did. Probably not the angle you were going for but it's still something positive to come out of drugs other than the obvious.
 
Thats bang on what i mean mate, the comedown was the catalyst for change in your life? Good on ya!
 
I would say that benzos have helped me with my anxiety but I'm pretty certain that abusing them when I was young is what started the anxiety in the first place so they haven't helped my life at all.

Stimulants haven't helped my life much either, numerous mini psychotic episodes with two medium/large ones, poor health and worrying friends.

It is only really psychedelics that I would say have really helped me, psychs and dissasociatives. They have helped me change my mindset, and they are really powerful tools, they are not for everyone though, they wont give you the answers, they will only help you find and take in the truths that you already know, they are great for introspection.

They have helped me, but I still feel lost, and I wonder if I had never touched a drug in the world, whether I would have gone the "normal" route and got a degree and a job, or started my own business by now and lived in a world which I, to be honest, hate a lot, but didn't before because I was one of the ignorant majority.

They helped me find bluelight and make tons of great friends and contribute and learn from this great community. So that is a bonus.
 
Like the OP, certain drugs have offered me a change of perspective that's often been a major catalyst for changes in my outlook and behaviour. Certainly if I'd never taken MDMA, mushrooms, LSD and DMT in particular then I'd never be the person I am today, for better or worse (but in my opinion mostly for the better).

Which is not to say 'psychedelics will always make you a better person' because they won't necessarily, but in certain circumstances they can really be invaluable as a tool for self-improvement.

More recently, methoxetamine has lifted my mood sufficiently to allow me to get out of a self-destructive and hopeless rut. Though I also realise the importance of not becoming too reliant on it.
 
I defo agree with mugz, they wont give you the answer but 9x out of 10 you already have them, you just dont realise it. I found the 2c's very limited in terms of guidance, but shrooms, lsd, k mxe have helped infinatly! Wen i get to a grey patch in my life i often know if i dose and in the right setting ill find the answers!
 
Conversely, I've found 2C's to be extremely valuable in a therapeutic context. Especially 2C-E which has allowed me to cleanse myself of a lot of repressed emotion. In fact, I have to be wary of when and where I take it, as it's hard to explain to some people why you're taking a drug that can reduce you to a sobbing wreck.
 
What about 'shaminic healing' whats peopled thoughts on this? Traditionaly with ayahuscha or mescaline, but in recent times other drugs.. I think they can provide so much more help then any amount of therepy sessions with a, so called, professional! That mite just be my thinking tho??
 
I'm assuming you mean recreational drugs?

If so LSD / MDA and MDMA have had profound effect on my outlook on reality and the deeper meanings of existence, much of which is well beyond what language can possibly convey.
 
From my one oral DMT experience alone I'd say there's some truth in it. By which I don't mean people should jack in the therapy and chug down some jungle drugs (the two approaches in conjunction would probably be the most useful option) but for some individuals, yes - they'll get a lot more out of their own experimentation in the therapeutic use of psychedelics than they ever would opting for the antidepressant / CRB route that seems to be in vogue right now.

Obviously it's not something that should be attempted without a clear idea of what you're doing and any potential pitfalls.
 
I think there's a few different aspects to this that I've found. Firstly, regular use of psilocybin seems to have a very powerful, long-lasting anti-depressant effect. It just seems to retool your brain so you can't even access severe depression anymore.

In addition to that there's the cathartic effect of being able to feel such powerful emotions in such a euphoric, beautiful way. Crying when you're on mushrooms is a release and there's a warmth to it whereas crying sober and alone is a much colder experience.
 
mr.buffnstuff said:
What about 'shaminic healing' whats peopled thoughts on this? Traditionaly with ayahuscha or mescaline, but in recent times other drugs.. I think they can provide so much more help then any amount of therepy sessions with a, so called, professional! That mite just be my thinking tho??
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I'm not comfortable with all the religious bullshit that's often a part of those ceremonies. And I wonder what some guy living in the jungle can tell me about getting up at 5am every morning to go to work.
 
MDA, 4000 people and hardcore was as close to a religious experience I have ever had and no I'm not joking.

I'm not so sure that psychedelics can provide a short cut to enlightenment, maybe point the way to some extent, open you up to a different way of thinking but ultimately it's you that makes the change, for some taking acid is no more than a fairground ride
 
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I'm not so sure that psychedelics can provide a short cut to enlightenment
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I don't think there is any such thing as enlightenment is there? Does some bloke studying Buddhism for 60 years make any progress towards enlightenment? Have you read about how the Tibetan monks lived in Tibet? They studied buddhism for 600 years and at the same time they used the local tibetans as slaves. If one was so hungry that he dared pinch one of the buddhist masters goats they cut off his hands and gouged his eyes out.

Perhaps the buddhist saying should have been "Be ye not attached to possessions - unless someone pinches your fucking goat".
 
i think, well for me anyway, i can see all the paths and options available to me. theres no doubt in my mind that they have changed my life for the better 100% :)
 
I'm equally suspicious of people who claim 'enlightenment', from drug experiences or otherwise. Especially the ones who take their drug experiences too seriously, probably because I've been there and bought the Jim Morrison t-shirt. ;)

Any insights I've genuinely had have been of the more mundane, prosaic variety - I'm being a prick, I should treasure my friendships, this room really needs cleaning etc. There's no denying that psychedelics can give you a sharp perspective, free of the emotional baggage and neuroses that cloud things when you're stright-headed. Granted, the common sense / insanity ratio can sometimes be skewed toward the latter.

I do have my 'spiritual' (I hate that word) side, though it's very western and realatively rational in the grand scheme of these things, and I try to live my life somewhere in accordance with the more basic Rosicrucian ideals. With tight trousers on. I've used psychedelics in a ritualistic context and I've had good results, which I suppose underlines the fact that a lot depends on what you put into the experience. Though I'm definitely in favour of just using psychedlics as good swirly giggly fun and I'm certainly not po-faced and precious about it like a lot of the self-appointed Ascended Masters out there. Thank erm... Horus.
 
Yeah Sam, I think it is a bit more mundane than enlightenment - can you imagine actually meeting anyone who claimed he had reached enlightenment?
 
mr.buffnstuff said:
Well... Must just be me then! :D
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hell no brotha!!

My psychedelic journey was a long one - lot to work through.

First time I can think of was when I ate 10 hawaiian babywoodrose seeds, and realized/admitted to myself I was sexually attracted to men as well as women.

Real heavy work was when I took a big dose of acid (2drops of some very nice liquid from USA, the crystal had come from Switzerland) year later - it showed me how bad I had been to my family, and that I needed to sort myself out quicker & not put them through any more unnecessary grief.

About 6 months later after that, I worked through shit with 2C-E - more family stuff...

Then I dosed on LSD again about 2/3 months later - not such a big dose - was liquid from Bristol, and it showed me a true community of diamonds in the rough - a wonderful set of people in a horrible shitty city, and I also unleashed the animal potential in myself a lot more - Saw what power I had with women, and generally people with a cheeky smile and some real pure confidence in self, and being unashamed of my body....gaining more & more comfort N confidence in self.

After this I did a low dose of MDMA which showed me just how I was on the same level as every single person I met, not in a loveydovey silly way, but just as humans - all having crazy life journeys and just how nice it was to be nice to everyone...and not afraid of just smiling and talking to ANYONE.

Skip forward a year or so to when I took a silly dose of 4-aco-dmt, which ripped me a new one, and again I became severely confident in myself, my way with people with the right vibes sending outwards, and not caring what people think of me... it went a bit overboard with some delusions of grandeur and delirium towards the end BUT it reminded me of just how potent the human mind & imagination are, and what the body can be put to with the right attitude & training.

After this I started experimenting with DMT & seeing how I could put my mind into calm, calm blissful states and remember how powerful I am, creatively & mentally & potentially physically & socially - I tasted kundalini, raw life energy from within.

The last time I had a really helpful drug experience was a month ago, when me & the lads took some liberty caps and I remembered my brothers...everyone is my brother...and everyone is family. My blood. One blood. One life.

I've stopped taking psychs so much, I had a honeymoon period where I harnessed too much kundalini too quickly and became a bit seperate from others, like I was on a different level, but along with yoga, psychotherapy & a bit of weed - they had shown me who I am...not too late.

The 2C-s, LSD, tryptamines, and MDMA are tools of infinite power in helping to reconnect when you'vve lost the love, in moderation and correct dosing, set & settings. I thank whoever first turned me on.

Weed has had a more subtle but equally valuable effect on my life after I stopped using it compulsivvely - It allowed me to see things from different perspectives, and also remember parts of me I'd long forgotten.
 
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