My advice to young people is: Do not screw around with this bullshit. Eat well, sleep and try to accomplish things without mind altering chemicals. Old age will thank you for it.
Still do.
I don't have the energy or desire for it any more, but I found some of the experiences beautiful, mind-changing and life affirming. Others were simply ludicrous amounts of fun. And a few were merely boring. These days I'm a successful software engineer in a finance-adjacent space, making good money, living the dream.
I don't think LSD is some wonder drug that will save the world, but I do think that there is value in these substances. Young people should be given access to safety advice and clean, measured substances, not scare stories.
That you put stock in cool sounding bullshit is your own problem, not that of psychedelics.
Can you provide any solid evidence that recreationally engaging in psychedelic experiences puts "sanity" at risk any more than other common life experiences?
Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life. LSD shows you that there’s another side to the coin, and you can’t remember it when it wears off, but you know it. It reinforced my sense of what was important—creating great things instead of making money, putting things back into the stream of history and of human consciousness as much as I could.
Steve Jobs
I mentioned something I remembered, and suddenly I was The Man, who was I working for, what was I trying to learn?
Maybe not related at all, and I'm just one person, but just night and day difference. I changed my email address and phone number. Had to.
Stop.
If you're reading this, don't necessarily do psychs when your brain isn't fully developed.
Don't do psychs more than once or twice a business quarter. Once or twice a year, if possible!