The Way I Do It and the Way It Affects Me
LSD, Alcohol & Cannabis
Citation: Horhe. "The Way I Do It and the Way It Affects Me: An Experience with LSD, Alcohol & Cannabis (exp117977)". Erowid.org. Dec 17, 2025. erowid.org/exp/117977
| DOSE: T+ 0:00 |
1 hit | oral | LSD | (blotter / tab) |
| T+ 2:00 | 80 ml | oral | Alcohol | |
| T+ 4:30 | 1 cig. | smoked | Cannabis |
| BODY WEIGHT: | 110 kg |
I'm writing this report in order to explain the way I do LSD and the way it affects me, because it seems to me that people have either forgotten or do not even know in the first place what a psychedelic experience is all about.
The reasons I tend to partake vary from simply having fun to trying to get a feel for the subjective effects and explain them through the compound’s pharmacology, and also because I believe that all people have a thirst for spiritual revelation, a connection with the divine and a need to experience altered states of consciousness. Once these needs are satisfied, there should really be nothing to hold you back from going through life and making all the right choices, with the understanding of the difference between right and wrong being already deeply engraved into each and every single one of us. And yet we stray from the right way, some more than others.
I consider myself to be rather experienced and capable of handling a challenging experience, but that however is more due to my mindset and my attitude towards life, rather than the sheer quantity of drugs I've plowed through, which is not a lot (I think). I take long breaks as I believe that, for example, in order to be able to experience an MDMA high to its fullest I'll need to wait about a year for all the different kinds of tolerance to subside. There's tolerance which depends on enzymes that degrade certain drugs (usually last 2-4 weeks), there are reserves of neurotransmitters that need to be replenished (more than a month), receptors with altered conformation and expression, structural changes that occur in the brain and many more things that science still cannot explain. I additionally do not feel the need to experience the same thing over and over again, especially with the amount of strain it puts on my psyche.
I prefer to dose earlier in the day, this is because I don't enjoy tripping at night, in the dark, with low visibility and tired from running errands throughout the day.
I prefer to dose earlier in the day, this is because I don't enjoy tripping at night, in the dark, with low visibility and tired from running errands throughout the day.
T+00:00
Wake up at around 6am, eat breakfast, clean the house. At 8 am I ingest one 200mcg tab of LSD and retreat to the comfort of my bed.
T+00:20
First alerts, a shift in consciousness is noticed and a variety of some very odd emotions are starting to brew.
T+00:40
The effects are amplifying and a kind of rushing feeling is developing, it is by no means clean, stimulating or euphoric, but rather murky and uncomfortable. Letters appear to be jumping or wiggling a little bit, an abnormal depth pertains to surfaces and objects and they have a sort of bulging and flowing quality to them.
T+01:00
The effects are ramping up very significantly, along with the occasional moment of feeling almost completely sober which I use to reassure myself that the setting and everything is actually alright, and all that I need to do is hold on tight and handle the peak that is about to come. A nervous energy and the notion that something very serious and grandiose is happening become more prevalent in the rush that is becoming more and more pronounced.
T+01:30
I begin to peak and the rushing feeling completely overwhelms me. I feel absolutely smothered with feelings of nervousness, of joy, of a lack of something and it is as though I am being propelled through space. The general energy and vibration of the feeling is pretty dirty and confusing (probably due to the dirty pharmacology of LSD, whereas 2C-B tends to feel very straightforward, easy, clean and light compared to this). There are moments of very extreme intensity and I have the feeling that I'm losing my mind, that I'm incapable of acting normal and I'm losing all control. I feel as though there are vines of energy creeping up through my arms and legs and engulfing me. My vision is almost blurry and everything feels as if it is being stretched and put back together. No pupil dilation interestingly.
T+02:00
The rushing feeling is beginning to subside and I feel as though I am entering a new space which feels very sacred, cosmic, friendly, warm, and otherworldly, as If I am literally in another world or another planet. There is a slight notion of anxiety and at this time point of the experience I like to enjoy sips of some sweet tasting liqueur, in this case Jagermeister. Over the next hour I sip through two small shots worth 80ml each. This really helps calm the nerves down and I begin to feel very acclimated to the extraordinary confusing and oscillating sensations. (The feeling that I'm lacking something bugs me quite a bit.)
T+03:00
The rushing feeling is still present and oscillating between making me feel uplifted, happy, as if I am lacking something and nothing. I am pretty buzzed, feeling very zen and at peace with everything. I have handled the peak and the best is yet to come. LSD puts me in a state of mind where I feel very connected to my body and it is very important what I put into it. I feel a very strong connection with my surroundings, nature, I understand and have an idea where everything gets its source from, fruits, vegetables, atmospheric pollution, how trees grow, how rivers flow. I am amazed by the complexity of the world we live in and I rejoice in all of its beauty and wonders.
T+04:00
Still oscillating feelings and feeling buzzed. The feelings that LSD provides are not pleasurable in my opinion, they are interesting but the main idea is that it puts me into a state of mind where I care more about doing the right things in life
it puts me into a state of mind where I care more about doing the right things in life
T+04:30
I have now completely adapted and my train of thought is my own. I am coming down and feeling very blissful and thankful that I've gotten through all this with such ease. At this point I decide to spike things back up again and I smoke some cannabis. I have found through numerous trials that the right moment to smoke weed is a bit after the 4 hour mark. Doing so will bring back the effects of the peak possibly two-fold. Smoking on the come-up or on the peak will only contribute to impaired short term memory and increased mind-fuck. This is very important!!! So I light up the joint and finish it. I begin to feel very heavy and before I know it I am experiencing a second ascend. I am once again smeared by crazy feelings, my mind feels like it's being ripped apart and I can't stop laughing hysterically at absolutely everything. At some point I look at a picture of a turkey on Google and I absolutely die laughing. This happens for the next 4 hours, absolutely hysterical and inadequate laughter. My stomach hurts from laughing.
T+08:00
I am coming down and feeling very fuzzy. I find that the real visuals for LSD begin to come on after this period. However they do not happen by themselves. The user is supposed to stare into one spot and attempt to focus in a specific way, which this action can only be performed while under the influence I'm afraid. I focus and sort of zone out and on a layer parallel to the surfaces of reality I begin to see neon lights shining in and out of existence, forming geometric shapes, dancing, pulsating, and there is a very strong synaesthetic feeling with them, the way they pulse and dance has a direct reflection on my emotional condition, and it is absolutely fascinating. They are very vague though and by no means overwhelming or crazy like the visuals from some of the tryptamines and phenethylamines. Most of the hallucinations from LSD are weird emotions, introspection, a new and different view and appreciation for everything and maybe 5% are visual phenomena.
T+13:00
Still feeling fuzzy and slightly incapacitated.
T+16:00
I fall asleep with little effort.
T+24:00
I wake up and my mood is completely gone, I'm not feeling depressed but just drained. This goes on for the next two days to the point where I even think to myself that it wasn't worth it (I was actually just testing the acid before handing it over to some friends). However if I had used cannabis this would not have been an issue, it wasn't that hardcore either way.
LSD is definitely a ride, and it is not “just something synthetic that makes you high”. There is a spiritual message to it and it provides me with a direction in life. It shows me that if I have a strong enough power of will I can overcome all difficulties, improve the condition of my health and polish any imperfections in my character. It provides me with an idea of the mindset and the determination I need to do so, but it will not do the work for me. It is my job to put in the effort and truly believe that these experiences are valuable and not something to simply shake off. I use them as my leverage in life. I know what is right and what is wrong.
I have done 400mcg but I found that I became too disoriented and experienced too many side effects, including forgetting my own name (wasn’t the first time) and being too overwhelmed by the rushing feeling. At the 12hr mark when I had come down I insufflated 10mg of 2C-B HCl and suddenly everything became extremely serious and sacred. The atmosphere became saturated with life, the visual hallucinations were mind-boggling and were interacting with the music, mosaic patterns on the rugs were flowing and dancing, the flowers on the curtains were growing, dancing and blooming. This was an absolute treat I tell you! I believe this absolutely blew my mind because the LSD had sensitized the 5ht2a and 5ht2c receptors which the 2C-B then internalized very easily either directly or through dopaminergic signaling. Perhaps it also triggers an intracellular signaling cascade when it internalizes with the 5ht2a as it is an antagonist for it. Then at the 20 hour mark I smoked a bunch of weed while sitting in a field and the blades of grass started turning into neon green scorpions made of light and as the wind blew it looked as if they were rushing through the field.
This is it altogether, stay safe and make the right choices.
| Exp Year: 2021 | ExpID: 117977 |
| Gender: Male | |
| Age at time of experience: 22 | |
| Published: Dec 17, 2025 | Views: Not Supported |
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