Theres an old Piseóg ( Pish-ogue )in my town about a few guys who cooked up their own acid way back , none of them were ever right again , there all dead now . Was another bunch of my friends took a variety of trips called 'Hulk Hogans' way back , not sure exactly what happened but they all needed to see the psych doc afterwards .
I had an American buddy here at one point , worked for Boston Sci. He had spent time in the core ,stationed out in Okinawa , just to get through the boredom they'd take acid and go out on patrol , wasnt an enemy within thousands of miles but they managed to scare each other shitless none the less .
I never bothered with the synthetic acid , dosage and subsequent effects were always somewhat unpredictable in the people I saw taking it . I did on a handfull of ocassions try our local variety 'liberty cap' mushrooms which pop out of the ground every year towards the end of the summer , psylocybin being the active ingredient , effects ranged from having to lay down and stare at the ceiling melting in a room on my own ,to some very strange and comically funny moments where we could'nt hold back the tears and belly aches from all the laughter . Another time we took a lash of them before catching a bus down town , as we stepped aboard 'Whiter shade of pale' by procul Harum played on the radio , it was like being on a magic carpet with sound and lights added , we thought we had landed back in the 60's .
Its a roller coaster ride I dont need at this stage of my life and many of the people who I knew did it alot went on to have serious substance abuse problems later on , Im not suggesting for a second the LSD was the cause , there were undoubtedly underlying issues . Even the toughest and most resilient people could be reduced to a foetus that wants to crawl back between their moma's legs while tripping , mood ,souroundings , people your with and life experiences can all have a bearing on how it goes .
