How to do acid
It made me
Transformed 
"Expanding, Healing, A Cannon Ball Through The Head That Breaks Down All Walls You Have Erected In Your Mind"
How I did it: First time I was kinda scared so I only had half a trip at a festival. Didn't get much out of it. It just made everything seem really colourful and amazing and the performances seemed a lot better. As part of the dj's set they had this weird blue chick singing, and little men in cloaks playing panpipes so there was lots of amusing things for me to look at :) I also felt a bit self-conscious, and kept on thinking everyone was staring at me, then I'd realise they had their backs to me and I was just seeing their sillouhettes. It was an ok experience, but I wanted to try again with a higher dose.
At the next festival I went to I took a trip in the afternoon, and a sugarcube before sunset. It was AMAZING!! I ran around giggling and being swept away by how beautiful everything was. I felt so connected to the earth and to humanity and to life. I could feel the energy that runs through all of us, this vibration that is a part of everything in the natural world. How all our molecules are connected. I spent some time thinking about how I was a leaf, and how even leaves have that awareness we call consciousness. How even a leaf is experiencing the world, and how the music and the energy of the people are vibrating through the leaf and we are all connected. I spent hours staring into paintings. It was a combination of spiritual awareness and just plain fun. Everything seemed magical and beautiful. Eventually it started to wear off and I wanted to rest so I went to bed and started again in the morning for more of the same. The only problem I had was that night I got a bit cold so I wanted to go get more clothes and some shoes coz I wasn't wearing any and my feet were getting sore. But I couldn't find my camp and spent a few hours looking for it. I walked past it a few times I think lol. It made me feel a little anxious and because acid can make you a little obsessive it was hard for me to relax and give up my quest for more clothes. It all turned out alright though,I found my camp and I learnt from it, now if I get lost, I just don't worry about it, enjoy wherever I am, and figure things out once the acids worn off. You'll have a better time if you don't worry.
Every time I've had it since then has affected me deeper and deeper. Acid brings out your unconscious, lays it out in front of you and confronts you with it. I see everything that's wrong with my life, my behaviour, my thoughts, and I'm healed by it. Acid can knock you around and break you, but it breaks you to heal. I had a lot of issues I was struggling with and was going through a time where my whole life needed change and I was fighting to bring those changes into my life. I let myself get taken completely along with whatever the acid wanted to show me and paid attention to how it made me feel, how I reacted, what challenged me, how I made things more difficult for myself by fighting or hiding, how I treated myself and my body with disrespect. It's like it came along and ripped chunks of gangrene and scar tissue out of my body, and left me hurt and bleeding, but it left me clean. It has broken me out of my old patterns and made life an adventure, not something to be afraid of.
Lessons & tips: You are less likely to freak out or see scary things if you approach it as a spiritual experience. Be open to whatever the acid brings you and understand that if you find something overwhelming or confronting it's because you have something about yourself you need to change.
Treat acid as a friend. It reminds me of how some people talk about god, like there is a loving being who sees where you are going wrong and tries to guide you in the right direction. And if you don't pay attention, a little tap becomes a nudge, then a push, then a wrecking ball.
Don't try and fight it. Acid vs You = asskicking
Make your first time in a beautiful environment with "good vibes". Make sure the people there are people you can trust not to hurt you, and preferably have someone with you who has had acid many times and will understand what you are experiencing and how to help you through any problems or worries and calm you down if you start freaking out about something.
Don't take too much. One paper trip is enough. Just the experience of being on acid can be overwhelming, don't push your luck by taking too many.
The hallucinations are stronger at night or in dark places like nightclubs and cinemas. So if you take acid during the day it will be less intense and easier to deal with if you are worried it might be too much for you. And don't take extra trips because it's daytime and you feel like you are handling it well, when the sun goes down you will be soooo wasted lol and ten hours can be a long time if you aren't having fun.
After the acid starts wearing off there's often a couple of hours where you aren't really hallucinating much anymore, but your mind is still going enough that you can't sleep. You might want to smoke some weed so you can relax and rest.
Some people take Valium or smoke weed if they start feeling really anxious on a trip. But it's good to learn how to calm down by yourself.
Crowded nightclubs and moshpits are not good places to take acid. Parks, beaches, gardens are good.
Music and art are awesome on acid.
On average the trip will last about 10 hours. But I've had stuff that lasted 20 hours. And it can leave you feeling pretty exhausted so it's best not to take it when you have to work the next day.
