AM I ADDICTED TO PSYCHEDELICS?
ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT
Experiences
Morning glory, san pedro, ayahuasca, MDMA + psilocin
Themes
Suicide, addiction, religion, & challenging experiences
For his whole life, Daniel wanted to connect with God. He tried yet didn’t find that connection in religion. But he did, in psychedelics. As a result, these spiritual experiences were now the center of his life.
Then, Daniel was confronted with a question he didn’t expect:
Had his love for psychedelics become an addiction?
Listen to Daniel’s story:
Chapters:
(00:00) Intro clip
(03:04) When and what was your first psychedelic experience like?
(10:26) Did you attempt to have a religious experience through other means besides psychedelics?
(12:04) Did you find the religious experience you were looking for in your early psychedelic use?
(13:43) What was the strong religious experience you had on psychedelics?
(17:27) What’s your intention and preparation like for your psychedelic experiences?
(21:53) More about how addiction came up in a psychedelic journey.
(33:33) What is your sober life like — especially after this experience?
(36:26) Psychedelics feel so real. How can they be used as an escape?
(41:01) What does it mean to be addicted to something core to your true self?
(43:54) What are you concerned you’re missing in sober life?
(46:08) More on why a psychedelic experience told him to spend more time sober.
(47:26) Why is suicide a solution?
(50:11) What can you get in reality that you can’t in psychedelic experiences?