Musicians I never would have thought were doing hard drugs

[BABMusic]

My few friends who took acid, they never told me they had any flashbacks. They were very light users though and only did it maybe 1-2 times. I was too afraid of having this happen, so that's a large reason why I never tried it. I did know of one person who did acid more frequently and he said he would occasionally see clowns. I hope he was making that up because that's scary.

 

[VonBonfire]

I’ve known a few. One dude had one bad trip and fucked him up for life.

I know a dude who was a real asshole with a horrible attitude and one day he dropped a bunch of red rose that had flooded the town and never came back, just walked around town in his own world cursing to himself under his breath. I wonder if he ever snapped out of it? It's been 30 years.

 

[DanTravis62]

My few friends who took acid, they never told me they had any flashbacks. They were very light users though and only did it maybe 1-2 times. I was too afraid of having this happen, so that's a large reason why I never tried it. I did know of one person who did acid more frequently and he said he would occasionally see clowns. I hope he was making that up because that's scary.

From what I understand, not only do you have to do it a bunch of times, you have to do it a bunch of times without very much time in-between

I've done almost every hallucinogen under the sun, but most only once (I was a "trier")

The types of really severe flashbacks and HPPD we're talking about only comes to pass when you take it like 2-3 times a week for months in a row or something like that

I know a dude who was a real asshole with a horrible attitude and one day he dropped a bunch of red rose that had flooded the town and never came back, just walked around town in his own world cursing to himself under his breath. I wonder if he ever snapped out of it? It's been 30 years.

That's a risk people people don't bring up enough

ESPECIALLY with hallucinogens

If you aren't in a good head space you're gonna have a bad time; if you're in a really bad headspace, you're gonna have a really bad time

I've known multiple people who had psychotic breaks on LSD and mushrooms - my buddy riley decided gravity didn't exist and literally ran up a wall (inside a big venue) 7 or 8 feet in the air and fell back down maniacially laughing. He had to be institutionalized for months. He's... normal-ish now, but heavily medicated and believes in a bunch of strange shit lol

 

[VonBonfire]

That's a risk people people don't bring up enough

ESPECIALLY with hallucinogens

If you aren't in a good head space you're gonna have a bad time; if you're in a really bad headspace, you're gonna have a really bad time

I've known multiple people who had psychotic breaks on LSD and mushrooms - my buddy riley decided gravity didn't exist and literally ran up a wall (inside a big venue) 7 or 8 feet in the air and fell back down maniacially laughing. He had to be institutionalized for months. He's... normal-ish now, but heavily medicated and believes in a bunch of strange shit lol

Yeah it's def something deeply personal.

I did a bunch of it plus the shrooms and mescaline from high school until I was in my early 20's and tbh never had any bad experiences even when people around me were idiots, but it just got stupidly boring after a while so I stopped. I did notice that working a 9-5 the day after wasn't something I wanted to do as I was very sensitive towards people being stupid or dictatorial and it seemed to stoke my rage more easily. I needed a couple days of quiet time to collect my thoughts. Tbh drugs are mostly a waste of time, money, and life more than anything IME.

 

[BABMusic]

lol Von, it sounds like it brought out what was already there, like the bottom of a Jack Daniels often reveals.

 

[DanTravis62]

Yeah it's def something deeply personal.

I did a bunch of it plus the shrooms and mescaline from high school until I was in my early 20's and tbh never had any bad experiences even when people around me were idiots, but it just got stupidly boring after a while so I stopped. I did notice that working a 9-5 the day after wasn't something I wanted to do as I was very sensitive towards people being stupid or dictatorial and it seemed to stoke my rage more easily. I needed a couple days of quiet time to collect my thoughts. Tbh drugs are mostly a waste of time, money, and life more than anything IME.

They are giant waste of time, and unfortunately I think a lot of people who haven't experienced the dark side tend to romanticize it - especially with famous rock stars and the like

lol Von, it sounds like it brought out what was already there, like the bottom of a Jack Daniels often reveals.

That's true but it's way, way, WAY more intense with hallucinogenic drugs

Instead of telling your girl she looks fat in that dress, you hallucinate that she looks like a literal walrus

 

[VonBonfire]

That's true but it's way, way, WAY more intense with hallucinogenic drugs

Instead of telling your girl she looks fat in that dress, you hallucinate that she looks like a literal walrus

I was good friends with a guy whose old man owned a restaurant and we both partied together at night and worked days there. Like real men of genius we dropped before work one day but not too much so we could keep our brains together. Owner came into the back hollering about some crap and looked like a giant 300lbs squirrel. To my credit even sober he looked like a 300lbs squirrel lol. Had a hard time not losing my shit laughing at him. We both got caught but he couldn't fire his own kid so he couldn't fire me either LMAO. Damn idiots man.

 

[BeZo]

HPPD happens when LSD is present in the brain frequently enough to warp receptor sights into accepting LSD as the norm and treating the biological chemicals as hallucinogens. This could be from a lot at once, or just repeated use over a short time. Basically, I dropped acid one night and didn't trip. I was pissed, until I felt it wear off hours later and THEN started to trip. There's other symptoms with it if you want to read up on it.

I still recommend it to everyone. You need to have the epiphany. Just don't overdo it.

 

[romanianreaper]

FTFY

Alcohol is a drug. Alcoholics are drug addicts. Saying "drugs and alcohol" is like saying "Cars and Toyotas" or "Sports and baseball". Just because drugs are legal, doesn't mean that they aren't drugs. I mean, doctors can prescribe fentanyl.

I disagree. Having a beer at a brewery can't be compared with slicing off a little piece of oxy to have after dinner.

I'm not saying that alcohol can't cause problems and be an addiction, etc. But to compare heroin, meth, prescription pills, etc. with alcohol just doesn't seem like an accurate comparison.

I get your point and you are correct in a lot of ways. I guess to me, it comes down to the immediate reaction of drugs. I mean if a cop even touches some of these drugs during a bust, it could instantly kill them.

 

[Floyd Eye]

I disagree. Having a beer at a brewery can't be compared with slicing off a little piece of oxy to have after dinner.

I'm not saying that alcohol can't cause problems and be an addiction, etc. But to compare heroin, meth, prescription pills, etc. with alcohol just doesn't seem like an accurate comparison.

I get your point and you are correct in a lot of ways. I guess to me, it comes down to the immediate reaction of drugs. I mean if a cop even touches some of these drugs during a bust, it could instantly kill them.

Pot and booze are drugs like coffee is a drug. Except the problems from excess are much more prolific. Still nowhere near the level of meth or heroin or cocaine or pills.

 

[VonBonfire]

Pot and booze are drugs like coffee is a drug. Except the problems from excess are much more prolific. Still nowhere near the level of meth or heroin or cocaine or pills.

IME meth has the most dangerous and unpredictable users followed closely by people hosing the hard liquor. I had some fool on bathtub crank tell me to shut the fuck up once or he was gonna kick my ass. I hadn't even said anything.

 

[Floyd Eye]

IME meth has the most dangerous and unpredictable users followed closely by people hosing the hard liquor. I had some fool on bathtub crank tell me to shut the fuck up once or he was gonna kick my ass. I hadn't even said anything.

I have more stories about meth heads than we have time here to recount. IME they are unpredictable but also very stupid and easy to, eh, mitigate. We occasionally get some shitbags who rent one of the slum houses at the end of the road and think they're gonna start cooking. I run them out pretty quickly.