I normally take one or two pills at a time orally once every two or three months. So I decided to test plugging the exact same pill I've been taking orally all year. Orally I take my pills about an hour and a half after eating something no bigger than a half of a sandwich. It takes me about 45 minutes to feel the pill and about an hour to an hour and 15 minutes to really get rolling.
Last week I took a dump and then crushed a single pill and packed it into an empty gelcap. I covered it with some water-soluable lube and stuck it in about 3 inches and pressed it against the side of my intestine.
About 45 munites later I began to feel the pill and was releaved because I was skeptical at first and was afraid that this plugging thing was just a big joke to trick people into sticking perfectly good pills up their asses and looking like fools while everyone smart enough to take their pills the proven way got a good laugh.
I'm pleased to report that the overall effects of a single plugged pill were equal to taking 1 and a half pills orally. So if you only have one, plugging is the way to go.
There was some downside. The come-up was more gradual and although the single plugged pill was overall just as intense as 1.5 pills, I missed that sudden rush that hits when taking a pill orally. Plugging was like getting on a roller coaster that goes around a few times at 5 miles an hour first before getting up to full speed. It didn't have the same initial rush.
The second downside was that even though I had just taken a dump prior to plugging, for about 20 minutes during the first part of the actual roll,
the pill burned slightly and made me feel like I needed to poop again. It didn't hurt of anything and it didn't last long, but I didn't enjoy thinking about my ass and feeling like taking a crap when I just wanted to enjoy rolling.
The last downside (or upside) was that the plugged pill lasted longer and wound down slower. I thought this would be a good thing. I'm always bummed when at the end of an oral roll when it disappears all of a sudden. It's like being in a club when they flip on the bright lights after the last song plays. I hate that. But the roll from the plugged pill just seemed to drag on for hours. Not enough to really feel good like you do on a normal come-down, but rather just a little fuzzy and edgy making it difficult to get a good nights (days) rest or to feel "normal" again.
So will I ever plug again? Probably. If I only have one pill and I need to make it last I will. And I also might do it again in conjunction with a pill taken orally at the beginning or the end to avoid the slow come-up or come-down. But other then that, I'll probably just pop orally.
[ 21 December 2001: Message edited by: snap ]