I'm trying to learn that too with MXE! 
I hope you don't mind if I cherry-pick from your post... Like oxmo, I found it uplifiting as well.
You perfectly described my relationship with MXE, thanks much for crystallizing that conceptualization for me!
I am a few steps behind you unfortunately, I am still trying to find the balance... I think your post is relevant here in the MXE B&D thread, because a sustainable, rational approach to MXE use seems to be particularly problematic for many of us, at least it is for me! Your description of your efforts helps me at least to get a better handle on the steps I can take to make MXE my life-long friend and psychonautical vehicle.
That is a great summation, I have been veering towards these tried and true techniques, but haven't gotten there yet. So, now I probably sound hypocritical, and in retrospect my previous post sounded kinda pompous, but Thank you for helping me see how your success can translate into a better relationship between MXE and myself!
peace, r

MXE provided a much needed spiritual release for me, as well as hitting all the right receptors in my brain--I've never found a more satisfying high or trip.
I hope you don't mind if I cherry-pick from your post... Like oxmo, I found it uplifiting as well.
You perfectly described my relationship with MXE, thanks much for crystallizing that conceptualization for me!
I've had a complicated relationship with MXE, but I can't deny that it's just the perfect high for me, nor can I deny that I've been abusing it.
So I've made attempts at limiting my use and have had a good amount of success. I was afraid that I'd be unable to do it, since I hadn't felt the need to limit my use in the past at all.
MXE has been great to me but an uncontrollable addiction is something that can destroy a life. Luckily my success--though minor--has given me hope that I can enjoy it responsibly
I am a few steps behind you unfortunately, I am still trying to find the balance... I think your post is relevant here in the MXE B&D thread, because a sustainable, rational approach to MXE use seems to be particularly problematic for many of us, at least it is for me! Your description of your efforts helps me at least to get a better handle on the steps I can take to make MXE my life-long friend and psychonautical vehicle.
I've learned a few techniques to limit my use. Measuring my doses for a night beforehand and putting everything else away has done wonders for limiting my redosing, and keeping all my dosing equipment just out of reach from my desk and out of sight has made it so I have to make a conscious decision to dose.
I found myself considering dosing first thing one morning right after dosing the night before, and thought "no, I don't think I want to" and that was the end of that, my mind only wandered to the possibility a couple of times through the day and I had no problem telling myself no. And I repeated that a few times. Self control that I was afraid I didn't have, it felt good.
That is a great summation, I have been veering towards these tried and true techniques, but haven't gotten there yet. So, now I probably sound hypocritical, and in retrospect my previous post sounded kinda pompous, but Thank you for helping me see how your success can translate into a better relationship between MXE and myself!
peace, r
