How it all started :
Me, my roomie (Nick) and our common friend (Ryan) were day-drinking at Iron hill, one of the finest bars in Bangalore. We had a liter of beer each, 2 slices of pizza and some meatballs. We were a little drunk when we got outta there and headed back to the PG. We booked an auto. We had booked the auto in such a way that Ryan can get down at the church and me and Nick can go to our room. But as the auto came on the other side of the road, although I reached there and asked the driver to wait for them, he left. Then we waited for another auto and we got in that one and headed back.
While in the auto Ryan made plans for joints at night. We agreed on it. Ryan called the plug and the plug said “ I have Hybrid, Meth & LSD “. LSD the magic word made me and Nick excited like never before. I’ve never tried Acid before. But as a drug enthusiast I’m always down to do new things. I’ve always wanted to do acid in college, but couldn't get any, whereas Nick and Ryan have dropped half tabs before. They had always told me how good it was and how it's something everyone should see for themselves. Me and Nick had once got a tab. But due to the poor storage that got wasted. So we were always looking for a way to get one. “LSD it is”, we said. We convinced Ryan to get three tabs of “Ultra Ganesh”.
So we’re in the auto in the heavy traffic waiting to reach the plug. We asked the auto driver to change plans on the booked trip and will pay extra for the efforts. The plug wanted the money, some as cash and the rest as online payment. I had a card with me . So I chipped in my part as money from a nearby ATM and the rest was chipped in by Nick. We reached the plugs house. Ryan got out and went to get the tabs. Me and Nick excited AF on seeing him return. We went back to our place.
On reaching, we went into the room and I took a shower. Got out and saw both of them waiting for me. I took a blade and sliced the tabs at the edges to separate them. It was Saturday 7:37 PM, time for the big trip. We placed the tabs on our tongues and waited for it to dissolve. I read a lot about drugs. I’m not interested in the actual Bible, but “The Drug Users Bible”, I've read it whole. I remember that I heard somewhere to keep the tab under the tongue. I don't remember why, but I kept it there, whereas Nick and Ryan are still trying to dissolve it by mixing it more with saliva.
It’s been around 20 min and my tab ain't dissolved a bit. Nick’s tab is almost gone while Ryan's going through my state. I started eating some chips which Nick bought a few days back and still the tab is not gone. Finally I swallowed it with the chips at some point. I felt something rushing through me, but I don't know how to explain it to them. They’re just happy the plug didn't cheat and it’s starting to work at least for me. They said we should go out, as sitting in the room will be pretty bad for the trip. I’m new to this, so I agree.
The come-up :
We went to a park nearby. I'm wearing a T-shirt and trousers. It's cold outside and I can feel it. We went and sat on a park bench. I start to notice that the trees are looking different now. They are swaying really slowly, almost like a pulse, in a rhythm. I feel like all the trees are breathing and they're breathing together. It looked weird at first, then I started to see the beauty in it. Then I looked at the floor and it was moving like it was almost water. It rippled and swayed. I felt like the whole world around me was moving slowly, but it was very obvious and although it intrigued me at first later I almost started to enjoy it. I told them what's happening, They could also start to feel it.
We started walking around the park. We saw exercise machines in the park and started working out on it. I went on a stationary bike and couldn't run a full cycle without stopping midway. Ryan realized it’s hitting strongly and convinced us to go back to our room and get all our essentials like earphones, jackets and to come back prepared for the peak trip. We stepped down from the machines and walked towards the exit of the park. Midway I wanted to sit for some time and we sat on another bench for like 5 more mins. This time the breathing of nature intensified and I felt intense Euphoria and a sense of happiness. I felt, life was really good at that point. I felt the energy rushing through me, almost like some kinda energy drink fluid is pulsing directly in my veins. We headed back to our room.
The peak :
On the way back we saw someone selling tender coconuts. Nick ordered 3 and paid up. The seller cut open 3 and gave us straws to drink. I couldn't hold it properly, everything felt weird. The straw was moving around between my fingers. I looked at the cut open coconut and saw blood dripping from its cut parts. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I started to doubt my senses. I drank a little from it and told them I’m fucking tripping lets get to room quickly , get our things and come back. We held the coconuts in our hands as we were walking back. My room is on the 2nd floor. Just before we started climbing the steps I saw a cat on the other side of a closed door behind a net above me. I said to Nick there's a cat up there, behind the net. Suddenly it started pissing on me. I felt the urine coming down on me. The coconut in my hand was outta balanced and it spilled on me a lil bit too. We went up to the room, and entered it.
The room was almost fluid , it had edges but it was moving. I saw my laptop on the table and saw it was different now. It was a black Legion, but I saw there are Purple, Green, Red, Blue coloured patterns over it and it was moving. We all could hear a humming sound which synchronized with the patterns on the lap. I backed off and saw a red stream of roots started going down the laptop, down the table and started spreading across the room. I saw patterns all over the walls, they were moving too. Ryan insisted we get our things and move out quickly. I pulled jeans over my trousers, a hoodie over my Tshirt and a jacket. I was cold. I got my earphones and phone and went to take a piss with the doors open. I looked back while pissing and saw Nick there. His hair was changing colours. Then they also took a piss and we locked the door and got out.
We were out on the streets again. We went to the park and found out the park was closed. We sat outside the park. Nick and Ryan started watching the trees and the city lights silently with earphones plugged in. I called my best friend who was also in the same city and told him I dropped acid. I was peaking, and I didn't know it. During the call I was telling him how the trees looked. It was almost like everything is drawn using oil painting, and the breathing still persists. Mid call I asked him to turn the video on and I saw me shifting to 3 and each had different colours. Blue, Red and a dark purple. Five more minutes and I was seeing myself as concentrated solid colours mainly green. My vision was filled with solid colours with distorted borders for everything I saw. I started blurting out how much I love him and almost many deep insights on how I view our relationship and how much he meant to me. I asked him several times to come meet me now and we can enjoy the trip together.
Now it was around 10PM. Everyone wanted to do something different. But not clearly what to do. We decided to walk to this area where there are a lotta bars. It was Saturday night and obviously it would be a lot of fun with all the lights and people. Nick walked in front of me and Ryan behind me. The world started to get more colourful with everything having some colour which is constantly changing almost like a multicolour LED. The letters on boards were all 3D and started projecting out of the surface. They were jumbled too and took me 2 mins to read a board that said "public toilets”. On walking by I saw a temple with many sculpted women figures. I have seen it many times before, but today I saw them dancing almost like how they would dance in a traditional ancient dance performance. I saw everything was moving. Sticks and metal pieces on roads started to move like a centipede. All this time I was on the call with my friend and will be, for some more time. I was telling him how we should've tripped together and this was something we should do at least once.
We reached the Pub road. It’s almost a 200 meter road full of pubs and bars. It was busy, we walked in the same order as before through it. We had planned to stick together the whole time as a full tab of acid was a completely new experience for all three of us. I started to be in awe with how the world felt around me. It was magical. On reaching the end of the road, Nick was not anymore in front of me. I turned back and Ryan was gone too. I crossed the road talking to my friend and how I’m lost. I walked some more and found Nick waiting near an ice cream shop. Finding Ryan almost became a side quest at this point. Nick asked me whether I wanted ice cream, I said YES and asked whether he would order them. He said yes and went into the store. I saw people looking at me as I was walking around talking loudly about how beautiful the world is to my friend over the phone. I decided to get in with Nick.
The ice cream store had lotta ice creams and they were all moving like they were boiling. I asked Nick what he ordered. He said he has no idea, but he has paid for it and they’re preparing the order for three already. Meanwhile Ryan came outta nowhere and we were back together. I saw Ryan's face was different. He had saturated color patterns all over his face almost like an alien. Nick had it too. It was funny to me and made me start to realize “All this time, I thought those reels I saw about acid , those visuals, simulations are all fake. They aren't !! “ It was crazy for me to experience all of that. It was crazy something like this even existed on this earth, and I never tried this before. We got the ice cream. It was chocolate ice cream in cups. I looked into the cup and saw the ice cream spiraling like snow crystals and went to a void in the middle. Then I saw leaves and petal-like structures blooming in the ice cream in green color. I felt like I understood what quantum tunneling is and I could see it in the middle of the void. It was very detailed and was beautiful to see. I felt my friend has been tolerating me for sometime now and decided to end the call and let him be. Nick and Ryan ate the ice cream and we got out of the store.
We decided to head back to the room and midway someone, some mother fucker splashed dirt on us while driving through the puddle. I cussed him out as much as I could and kept walking. While returning back we saw cops all around the area, but we didn't care as we were pretty sure we were not acting weird and went right through them. Nick was talking about how beautiful the roads and the trees on sides were looking and how much he wanted to lie down on the barrier in the middle of the road and watch this view for a long time. As cops were roaming around we didn't do that and continued walking. I could see a car levitating a few feet above the air about 50 meters away. As I got closer to it, it landed. I was blasting 180 BPM music this time and started vibing with it doing quick movements with my arms and legs. We went to a cigarette shop near our room and bought five cigarettes. I lit one and couldn't smoke without coughing my lungs out as it was very very dry in my throat. We went to the front gate of the place where we stayed and stood there to finish the cigarettes. That's when I started seeing patterns in front of my eyes. There were 3 people talking near us, We couldn't care less. I was amazed by the patterns and how beautiful they were. I looked at the plain road and started seeing patterns all over it. There was a picture of a monkey on the gate, which I stared at for sometime as it was also having patterns all over its face. Ryan wanted to take a piss, so we threw the cigarette and went back to the room. Still the 180 BPM blasts in my ears and I'm moving along with it.
On reaching the room again everyone pissed and I got on to my bed. I saw the laptop is still the source of energy in the room with roots running from it. I told them “ I’m seeing some really insane stuff right in front of my eyes and If I could convey it to you guys using a single word, It would start with ‘Z’ ”. Nick got what I was saying, while Ryan was confused. I told him again, after that Nick tried to explain to him what I was trying to convey. Still no luck. So I said It’s fine , leave it and go on with the trip. Nick wanted to go stargazing, so he took some water and went to the terrace. Ryan was with me in the room on a chair, whereas I was on the bed. I started seeing insanely colored patterns all over the room and Ryan started to look like an alien.
It was going insane when suddenly he started taking his things and acting like he was leaving. So I asked him whether he was leaving. He said yes, things are turning bad, he said. I told him if it's real life bad I can understand, but if it's related to the acid then we can talk about it. He wanted to leave and didn't want to talk. I insisted on waiting till Nick came down and started calling him. Nick came down and instantly let him leave without even asking him to stay back once. I was amazed why he would let that, that too during an acid trip. Ryan left just like that. Now the time is 12:30AM. Me and Nick are back in our room. I opened my phone after a long time and saw that my Duolingo streak of 431 days was gone. Just like that “Poof”. I was frustrated but then realized the steak freeze might’ve saved it. Still Duolingo is one thing I never skip. No matter how busy, drunk, high or whatever I’m, I do my Duolingo like a good boy. On acid, It was impossible to do it. Even if I remembered, I’m pretty sure I wouldn't complete it and would totally get distracted in between.
I felt something moving inside my stomach, so I went to the washroom. I realized there are so many layers of clothing on me. I removed the jacket and jeans. Now I removed the trousers too and sat on the toilet seat. I started seeing patterns on the walls around me. I realized all washrooms use tiles with patterns and this can be an amazing trip space and also a safe space to ensure whether the trip is over. Once the patterns started I couldn't focus on anything rather, be awe at how amazing those patterns spiraled. I saw that most of the patterns were light green and often spiraled down to what seemed like a lot of green tigers looking at me. They spiraled for so long and finally turned to green leaves which started swaying. I stopped and started to remember that I was down there to take a dump. I tried but I couldn’t. I often lost my focus on the visuals around me. I waited for sometime and realized maybe I should try some other time. I left the washroom.
I got out and saw Nick was lying on his bed staring into the coconut we had bought. I realized he was tripping while looking into it. I went and started eating the insides of those coconuts using a spoon. It was delicious. Nick said there were some chips with him, which he had brought from home, last time he went. We opened the package and saw there were many. I took a few cashews and some dried banana chips dipped in jaggery and put it in a transparent jar. I saw the cashews and those chips spiraling in the jar. I started eating one by one breaking the pattern and watching them realign again. I went down to fill water in my bottle as it was empty all this time. Whenever I was alone I started blasting music in my ears. Especially white girl music and 180 BPM playlists when I felt like it. I danced around the room for some time and became a bit paranoid on seeing the clothes hanging which felt like someone peeking from the corner. Even though instances like this scared me for a sec, I almost came back quickly as I realized this was all in my mind.
Now I had to go to the washroom again. I went in with less clothes now. I had already kept the jacket and jeans away after the first time. I really tried to focus and sat on the toilet seat. This time it was different, I stared down as I didn't want to trip seeing the surrounding walls. Oops, The floor is patterned too. Although less beautiful , It still had patterns which started moving around. This went for another 20 mins. I always have this idea of watching porn to empty bowels faster. Although it seems dumb, It works for me. I started playing some porn on my phone. It got hard and this time it was different. I started to see too many details on my genitals. Almost like it was a painting and sometimes my eyes had microscopic features. I started seeing the details closer and closer. The tip was changing colors and was very detailed. It morphed in front of my eyes. The veins and everything that it has started moving. I realized I’m no longer horny. My mind was always losing focus from the things I was planning to do. I really tried hard to get off, often It seemed impossible as I kept on shifting focus to the patterns I was seeing. I was naked now and really trying my best to get this over with. I saw patterns all over me. Almost like I'm an avatar, or an eternal being. Purple, Green, Blue colored thick root like structures were going all over me. I realized I was tripping balls now. In between all of this I came and It was intense, almost like I did it out of some primal instinct other than being horny ofc. I was confused, I don't know what to do now. After some time I made a plan on how to clean up and get out. I followed it exactly as I trained my mind to do, and got out, still couldn't take a dump.
I reminded Nick to call Ryan to check on him. Ryan was not taking phones, this was around 2AM. We called his room mate and he answered “He called me a few hours back, He mentioned he’s not coming back today”. Well, well, well. We were concerned as to whether something had happened to Ryan at this point. He left and didn’t go to his room. Where could’ve he gone during this night?? We decided to go out and look for him in the nearby areas. I put on my earphones and went with Nick. I couldn't focus much as the trees and shrubs were all breathing, as we were walking past them. I stood near some trees watching them sway almost like a wave. There were still patterns on the road. We went to the nearest bus stop and finally to the place where we started tripping, hoping he might be there enjoying those beautiful views again. But he wasn't there and it was already late at night. We returned to the room.
Nick went to the washroom. As I started observing the walls they seemed to be really detailed too. I felt them with my hands which were bigger than they were and more yellow. I saw the walls were so textured and I could almost zoom into it without any effort. Suddenly the whole room started colored patterns and I just sat on the bed watching them move and wiggle. I tried to make sense of how these patterns are formed. I realized If there are some irregularities they were almost clubbed together in some kinda way and artificial connections start to form between them. Once some connection is made and a base pattern is formed, it starts to repeat itself and spread across the whole thing. Moreover If you open your eyes wider It just gets more and more colored and complex. With acid, If you see something so unreal and try to focus to make sure it’s not real “Wrong move kid” You're just making it more and more unreal. With weed and everything I’ve tried, once you see something weird, If you try to focus to make sure it’s not real we can always get out of the loop and assure yourself it’s just your mind playing games. But for acid, It's a completely different game. If you try to focus, be ready for it to get weirder. You will see things changing right before your eyes, right when you’re explaining it to someone. I hadn't seen drugs this powerful before. I was humbled.
Nick had returned from the washroom. It was time for my periodic “taking a dump adventure” again, I went to the toilet with a cigarette this time. This time I didn't look at any walls and instead focused on the cigarette. I have heard that a burning cigarette looks beautiful while on acid. I focused on the cigarette tip and saw the end was gleaming red hot and almost forming petals like a flower. I saw the cigarette burning down in slow motion. I was burning down with the cigarette. Deep down I wanted to smoke it, but instead I felt like whatever I’m seeing right now is far more enjoyable than smoking. I went on watching the whole thing burn to end without taking a puff. Did I regret it? Absolutely not. With this one I decided to put an end to “gonna take a dump”. It wasn't working, I had tried enough.
I was back in my bed staring at the plain old white wall which had nothing in particular. I started seeing the walls' grooves more clearly now, I saw pyramids on the wall, and the wall was warping, but slower this time. The small paint bulges on the plain wall had started making patterns now. I felt like imperfections are what make these patterns. A few small minute bumps here and there, which we wouldn't normally notice when sober are of interest right now. They start as the roots for those patterns, and then spread across the whole thing in a jiffy. It made me think; “ Imperfections lead to perfection” at least with acid it does. Getting into a trip with zero purpose in mind, zero preparation in hand, getting something out of it was interesting to me.
It was time for me to take a shower. I had kept a soothing playlist on for a long time now. I started the shower and waited for the water to get hot. The water dripping on the walls was synchronized. They had a unique flow. I wondered why I didn’t notice it that often. It was beautiful. Almost at the end of the shower the playlist was over and a song from the Godfather started. It instantly shifted my mood. I felt I was falling to a bad trip with that song. I quickly regained my consciousness and stopped Spotify. Suddenly a loud sound almost like a jet was passing through was audible. I tried to focus on it more to find out where it was coming from. The water running down the drain was the culprit. I realized the perception and senses are heightened as the visual trip is now far reduced. Also I quickly dried myself up and got out of the shower to make sure, staying there which was already making me paranoid doesn't push me further into the rabbit hole. I escaped a bad trip.
It's around 4AM, I looked myself in the mirror and my face started shifting as I stared more. I tried to not focus too much when things got weirder and just went on enjoying the patterns more. My pupils were dilated, almost like 85% of my Iris. I found that the more I opened my eyes, the more beautiful and complex the patterns I saw were. I was wearing just the trousers now. I saw green leaf-like patterns all over my body. I focused on my hand. The veins were moving as the blood flowed through them. The hand was moving and growing slowly. The hair on my hand started to grow, around the wrist and on the back of my hand in particular. It kept on growing but it never got thicker. I gasped and came out of that loop. I saw Nick’s clothes had messy folds and they were forming patterns all over him.
We called Ryan again as it was almost 4.30AM now. For the first time he answered. He said he was totally fine and we don’t have to worry about anything. He also mentioned he was going to the US and is at the airport right now. We were really concerned as this all seems so out of context. On asking further he mentioned his uncle was coming to pick him and he has to go to the US tonight. Me and Nick with some brain cells active now, started to make sense of what's happening. My explanation was ”someone who is close to him might’ve died in the US and his whole family would be going abroad. Which would explain what's tragic and bad in his real life so much that he had to leave in between an acid trip”. Nick was not convinced and thought there’s no way Ryan's going to the US today. Well we both had a slight relief hearing his uncle would be there to get him. So we decided to check on him the next day for now. We were confused how he would still go to airport which was really fucking far away, at that time of the night, which he only could’ve using a cab. That would cost him a huge sum of money. It made no sense to me that he would do all of that for some stupid reason, let alone due to the influence of acid.
The come-down :
Me and Nick wanted to go to the terrace, stargaze a bit. We went up after I put on my hoodie as it was extremely cold outside. It was dark and the terrace was 2 floors above ours. The darkness was always a bit intimidating for me during the trip. We reached the terrace, by this time we almost had a clear conscience and we’ve started talking more. The city lights were beautiful. Bangalore almost never slept on weekends. There were still people on the terrace of some of the buildings nearby. I joked they might be tripping just like us. We saw that the lights were still changing colors. No source of light was free from the ever changing nature. We stood silent looking at the buildings far away. I started to notice that the buildings were starting to form wheels , they were moving. All of a sudden some of those buildings joined together and started moving slowly, almost like a train starting after a halt. Nick wanted to go downstairs. We thought of coming back for the sunrise now which was at 6:09AM. So we planned for it and got back to our room.
How about we put on some trippy visuals on the TV?. We turned OFF the lights and tried to connect the TV via HDMI. We were doing something stupid. We couldn't get it to work. Also the dark room with the blue screen on TV was already pushing me back to paranoia. Dark rooms and Acid, is a stupid combination. It makes you see things which aren't there and scares me at least. We turned the lights back ON. I was back on my phone, doom scrolling on reels. Whenever there were faces in the reels, It always morphed to something weird, sometimes it pixelated. I was used to it now. This went on for a bit and when it was around 5:30 I told Nick lets go back upstairs. During all this we often tried calling Ryan. Ryan's phone was often switched off and even when it was ON, he never picked up .We couldn't do anything about it at this point, moreover we weren’t sober yet.
It was brighter outside than I imagined. The trees were still breathing at one tenth of the intensity when the trip had started. I was happy I brought the jacket along as it was really cold too. I’m not a big fan of cold climates. We found where the east is using the compass and waited for the sun to rise. The sky was bright orange. I could almost see a rainbow far away. I didn't focus much on it though. It was around 6:10AM, the east was covered by clouds and sun was behind it. We watched early birds flying above us. Eagles were flying really low. I haven't seen a sunrise in Bangalore since the last time I went to watch people do meth at a faraway place. It was amazing but I was sober, so I wanted to sleep really really bad. This was different because we couldn't and didn't want to sleep.
Nick suggested to go to the nearby veg restaurant and have breakfast. We checked and saw it was opening in 20 mins. We went out to the restaurant, which was 100 meters away. I realized early mornings are beautiful if you’re not sleepy. The store was just opening, they were cleaning up the place, arranging the tables. We went in and tried to order. They denied and said the store opens at gibberish time. We waited out as there was no point in asking again. We couldn't make out what they were saying. As we sat on the road side watching the trees and the people, for the first time during the trip the time was going slower. We felt like we sat there for a whole lotta time. On checking the time it's still 6:29. Four minutes have passed since the last time I checked the time. We went in, as people started ordering and ordered 2 Vada and 2 Tea. Nick couldn't do the math, rechecking if it was correct again and again. I told him it’s right and pay it as people would notice we’re tripping. Nick stood at the Food counter and me at the Tea counter.
It took around 5 mins to get the tea. But I had noticed I’ve become much more calm than I usually am. Else I would’ve started getting frustrated by little things like this. Nick got the food and placed it on the table and sat down. I took the tea, FUCK. It was hot, really hot. I almost burned my hands. I tried picking it again, no chance. I have to take this from the counter. I used both hands and took one from the counter and placed it on the nearest table. Did the second one too. I called Nick to help me take it to the table where he was seated. He came and took one just like that. I was amazed. Is it because my sensitivity is heightened? Not sure. It burns though. My finger tips were red hot. I ate the vada slowly. It was meh. The tea was looking too good, as I focused on it the froth around the tea started making patterns again. AGAIN? I thought this was over, guess not. I started laughing and didn't mention why. We ate it quickly and left the restaurant.
Now we wanted to smoke one, as it was sunday the usual shop near us was closed. We walked a bit to another shop and bought a cig each and lime tea. Afterwards as we were walking back to the PG we saw a road. It had trees on both sides. Residential areas in our locality are clean. It felt like the road was almost calling us. Nick said he felt the calling too. We decided to walk through it. Something was different the way we saw the world. Everything was calm and joyful. We saw a house with many cars. A stopped in awe on seeing a Rolls Royce Cullinan behind the first row. He explained to me how expensive it can be. Although not a car guy, I was amazed by how people who can afford this live so close to us. As we tried to figure out the way back we reached the park where we started the trip yesterday night.
The park was still looking too beautiful to be real. We saw there was more to the park than what we saw yesterday. There was a sacred looking place at the centre where we sat down and thought “Yesterday here would’ve been nice”. I wondered why no one’s sitting there. It didn't take us long to find out, mosquitoes covered us. We walked to where we first sat and watched people doing their morning exercises. I am a judgy person, but today I was not. It was almost 7:30 AM, reaching the 12 hour period, we were certain the trip had almost come to an end. We walked back to the PG not able to believe what all we saw.
Nick started to take a nap while I couldn't. I went to the washroom and tried focusing on the walls. It was still moving. I was just waiting for it to end. I was getting horny again. I watched porn for a long time and this time I was really horny. It wasn't hard to climax and it was more pleasurable than yesterday. I came a lot almost like I emptied my balls. Back to doom-scrolling. Nick had woken up around noon. We went back to the same shop and smoked another. Now it was clear, the trip was over. After a fucking long 17 hours I was sober again. Nothing was moving anymore. We bought packet noodles, a pack of cherries and some masala peanuts. Went back and made noodles. Nick had brought prawns pickles from home. We ate it together and put on a movie afterwards. I slept in between too tired from the trip.
It was 7:30PM when I woke up. Nick was already up. I was starving. I ordered a Chicken biriyani and he ordered something delicious too. When the food came I devoured it. Now I feel bad about only one thing: “Nale paniku ponam” (Have to go to work tomorrow). Who wants to go to work after seeing how amazing this world can be. Well it's the only way to afford this. So I went to sleep earlier than I used to - Blackout.
Ryan's story time :
It's been 2 days since we got a call from Ryan. Me and Nick were at work like a usual Tuesday. When it was noon we went out for lunch. Nick told me that Ryan had called. What's the tea , I asked.
Some context on Ryan ; Ryan is a believer, a strong one at that. You wouldn't believe it the way he was in college though. He was the first in our batch to start pushing weed. He used to deal all around the college. Lotta contacts. I had once gone for a workshop in Bombay and heard from mates from my state talking about him, how we helped them get stuff when they were around our college. Drugs were something he waived from Christianity ofc. Well this time Acid played him.
When we came back from the Pub street around 12:30AM that day Ryan was already tripping. That random talk :
I told them “ I’m seeing some really insane stuff right in front of my eyes and If I could convey it to you guys using a single word, It would start with ‘Z’ ”.
Z was enough to trigger him. The over thinking you do on acid might get you. You should always remember you're on acid and not fall for it. Ryan related Z to Satan. Ofc me and Nick were Satan worshippers from then. He thought we were trapping him and turning him into one of us. This really struck his core beliefs. He wanted to escape. So he left.
He got out and wanted to talk to someone. He then went on to calling his brother in Delhi and told him everything. He was planning to go to his place by flight. So he went to the airport. Upon reaching there he rang another one of his cousins in Canada and told him what happened too. On realizing he was talking nonsense and as he was at the airport, his cousin called one of his uncles in Bangalore to get him quick and not create an issue. His uncle then got him from the airport and brought him back to his place.
Ryan's family was informed and the next day his parents came here to take him back home. At this point I was pretty sure he was fucked, how his family is. Turns out people are not the way we see. Ryan's parents were open minded and talked to him regarding it. He told the whole story, not just this one trip, his whole college life with drugs. They didn't create a ruckus and are solving it in a mature way. That's all we know. Ryan took a long leave at his company as he was met with an “Accident".
I often get amazed by how mature some people are. This is what we need. The major issue of drug abuse is lack of drug awareness. Don't do this , Don't do that ; That's not gonna work. It's stopping no one from using drugs. I often say “Controlled drug use is one of the best things in life”. How you control it, comes from awareness.
It's all fine now. Ryan seems to be in the path of being clean for the rest of his life, although I don't believe it. For my first Acid trip, this was quite an experience. Lotta life lessons. Always ready for another. Till then peace out.
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