How has (not) doing drugs

benwadub · 2015-03-09T20:28:25.000Z

""uNoisebuddy"":

During my youth (beginn of 90s) i tripped the hell out of me…

I have two perspectives on this time

1.) I started to work after my regular job in a record-store and worke behind two decks 1210mkII … i drifted to new spaces … so no DJing… i lost this opportunity … and had quite a lot of troubles reintegrating me into society again… but i did it… very succsessfully

2.) I saw, heared & felt things that the majority of people will never ever experience… i would miss that… since this time i tried to recreate the effect i’ve experienced with strange sounds out of my synths, meditation, sports… sometimes with unexpected outcomes

But as allready quoted… as i got older the more i’d like to have a clear mind…

In fact … i don’t smoke anymore… no alcohol… actually a very brave guy

your post remember me that music saved me from drugs! i bought my first machine the day i decides to stop this bad life! and music became my drug! delay phasersvand reverb make me feel like an acid trip!!

PongFu · 2015-03-09T20:36:40.000Z

I rather give my drugs to the decadentist.
Shrooms are just the parachutes of the fallen world.
Smoking is just a black tezcatlipoca invention of the old nihilist indian U.S.
meant to equalize the importance of gullet and windpipe
because of the secret holies and the holies walking upright.
Now where to send the naturine samples for the drug test lab challenge?

GovernorSilver · 2015-03-09T20:39:51.000Z

The only drugs I’ve ever taken have been alcohol and marijuana - and that’s just once, courtesy of a friend who make weed cookies for a birthday party.

Doesn’t seem to have made any difference in my creative life. More of a difference in social life (making friends while drinking).

monocon · 2015-03-09T20:42:41.000Z

I have quite a story to tell in this regard. I started drugs when i was very young and i was heavily addicted more than 10 years. It took me another 3 years to fight against my heroin addiction but i made it.
I am clean now since 3.5 years after a long therapy.
I have work, house and girlfriend and couldnt be more happy.
I have got to a point in my live where i can accept my past and i dotnt want to miss one thing of it because i dont want my present to be changed…

cheers

Noisebuddy · 2015-03-09T20:46:12.000Z

@benwadub

Actually music can influence the mind very well

for a trippy sound i use the temposynced delay with ping pong… medium feedback and short time, reverb as well

I think certain goa-styles catch this feeling

but also ‘roomy’ ambient

Noisebuddy · 2015-03-09T20:52:47.000Z

""Maxicosi"":

I have quite a story to tell …

respect…

Accent · 2015-03-09T21:12:37.000Z

You name it, I’ve tried it at least once (excluding PCP and crack cocaine). Was deep enough into it that I was doing another kind of synthesis before I got more interested in doing it sonically. Psychedelics were/are my thing, but it’s been a couple of years since I’ve done anything besides occasionally dip into the space dust in my freezer.

I regard my use as a generally positive thing. I went through a really bad breakup a few years ago, and while I’d always dabbled, I got more serious in my use as a tool for therapy, and it really helped me in those years to gain perspective and self realization. Eventually, I got the message and hung up the phone, but I’m not against another journey into hyperspace.

Noisebuddy · 2015-03-09T21:39:09.000Z

To be honest… i was too young at the time drawing any serious conclusions from my experiences… exept to be carefully with the dose

The only thing which catches my interest despite my absence is a contact with the so called ‘selftransforming machine-elves’

Zymos · 2015-03-09T21:46:10.000Z

^ worth trying, but pretty much irrelevant to anything else in the rest of your life- just too weird and fast to be very meaningful. Very different than the fungi, even though it’s almost the same chemical…

Accent · 2015-03-09T21:56:54.000Z

""Zymos"":

^ worth trying, but pretty much irrelevant to anything else in the rest of your life- just too weird and fast to be very meaningful. Very different than the fungi, even though it’s almost the same chemical…

Unlike fungi, it is very impersonal for the user…more like the universe is exposing itself to you and has no time to be concerned with your land ape issues. It’s something that I’ve found to be more meaningful through repeated experiences, as you can start to understand the landscape and appreciate the scenery.
Taking 100mg from the head of a nail was especially meaningful…I very much had a death/rebirth experience, but I wouldn’t recommend that type of dose for any but the most experienced psychonaut.

Noisebuddy · 2015-03-09T22:01:26.000Z

""Zymos"":

^ worth trying, but pretty much irrelevant to anything else in the rest of your life- just too weird and fast to be very meaningful. Very different than the fungi, even though it’s almost the same chemical…

well it’s an option - for a short-time vacation
but i know what you want to say

Noisebuddy · 2015-03-09T22:06:22.000Z

Even if i really going to do it… i will ask a friend to be my companion

monocon · 2015-03-10T03:19:41.000Z

""Baddcr"":

I know this is hypothetical but would you say that your outlook on life is better now than it was before and or would be now had you not been through this?

Yes definitely!
I have learned to really enjoy my life. And so many problems arent that big any more because i know myself pretty well now.

JuanSOLO · 2015-03-10T03:29:51.000Z

Not doing drugs has changed my life just as much as taking drugs.
However, the perspective seems to transcend the experience.
Love all the Terrence McKenna references!
I told a story of mine not long ago.

VASH · 2015-03-10T07:08:15.000Z

…fackin’ hate threads like these. please stop.

XponentOne · 2015-03-10T07:50:24.000Z

I was a functioning alcoholic from the age of about 15-16 to 30, been dry two years in two months. I occasionally use (read: use, not abuse) MDMA and tbh makes me a damn site nicer person than if I dont - I take a relatively large dose, once every two months or so. I dont go raving on it but use it for having deep and meaningfuls with my girlfriend - the psychotherapeutic qualities are incredible when used correctly, the biggest crime of the mass market abuse of mandy is that people who could really do with an mdma counselling session dont get it (legally at least).

smokyfrog · 2015-03-10T08:03:37.000Z

My band (Joint Intelligence Committee) made some of our very best tracks whilst on MDMA. I write most of my novels when stoned. I found a far more positive benefit in my life was giving up religion and the only thing I could never give up is chocolate.

Shall we do a superficial scrape through politics next?

reeloy · 2015-03-10T08:31:42.000Z

…the dose makes the poison…

there’s no fake joy…there’s only valid experiences…

spike_spykstra · 2015-03-11T06:58:08.000Z

Smoking a bit of weed immerses me in the audio.
Having a couple of beers relaxes me.
Put the two together and i jam away to loops and modulation until its bed time.
Not conducive to high level learning but, fuck, its cool fun.

Using drugs does open your mind, but, its a path frought with danger.
Be carefull, what you do. Its not all beer and skittles.

Muddler · 2015-03-11T10:10:59.000Z

[quote=“” smokyfrog""]
My band (Joint Intelligence Committee) made some of our very best tracks whilst on MDMA. I write most of my novels when stoned. I found a far more positive benefit in my life was giving up religion and the only thing I could never give up is chocolate.

Shall we do a superficial scrape through politics next?
[/quote]

No, no! Make it spirituality.
We’ll Call it "how has (not) being religious changed you?
Idk, as for the op; I like drugs, sex, alcohol, etc…
But I drink too much now bc I live in a no tolerance country and never get to smoke any herb. This is having a negative effect on my body (my blood pressure is pretty high). So, I’m doing two things to fix it. First, I really enjoy herbs and am working on moving somewhere more relaxed and since my doctor basically demanded it, I’m trying to drink a lot less. My Scottish genes just love a good whiskey and some ale.