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From what friends have described, it is very different. I’ve seen it transform a number of lives, including one guy who started out with a single visit to Peru
by azinman2 5y ago
From what friends have described, it is very different. I’ve seen it transform a number of lives, including one guy who started out with a single visit to Peru to do it and the decided to live there permenantly. I think context matters as well — these people were all doing it as a group to accomplish something with a shaman, and not just for fun at a rave or whatever.
- the-dude 5y agoDid he move there to continue the use? How is that different from an addiction?
- azinman2 5y agoYou don’t need to go to Peru to get it (there’s plenty of drugs in the Bay Area). He moved there to fundamentally change his life.
- the-dude 5y agoOk. Does he consume it regulary?
- azinman2 5y agoI can't tell you as this particular example was a colleague that I didn't know that well, but from talking to him I don't think it's what you think it is. These kinds of drugs aren't really fun party drugs. They're deep, introspective, intense things that aren't fun at all. And literature shows hallucinogens generally aren't addictive.
- nick__m 5y agoEven if you want you can't! Tolerance to hallucinogens grows exponentially. If one take a blotter of LSD, wait 24h, then take another blotter, it will feel like [¼,½] of the original dose. If one wait another 24h and take another dose it will feel like [⅛,¼] and so on. With LSD one must wait a few day between doses to feel the full effects. With psilocybin, the period of abstinence required to feel the full effect is measured in weeks. I have no personal experience with Ayahuasca, but administered daily it is probably not too different from medical treatment with Isocarboxazid as the psychedelic component should dissapear and the MAO inhibition should persist.
- baffythegoat 5y agoAyahuasca actually is different. There is no noticeable tolerance, unlike most other psychedelics.
- carabiner 5y agoMost people take these substances at most a few times a year, similar to going on a travel vacation. You need time to reset and you don't feel like doing it again for a while. This is far less often than the most addictive drug many of us use, caffeine. Would this mean going on vacations is an addiction? Maybe.
- mistrial9 5y agoI have heard tales that the Andes are full of Westerners, mostly young men, who blew out their modern brains and now wander forever.. source: psy-friendly people who have been there