That guy is so lucky he was pretty experienced with acid, my largest dose was 16 hits, but that was on a double your dose binge in 92, started with one, next day 2, then 4, then 8, 16 hits had about the same effect as 2 because of the tolerance. The largest dose I ever took with no tolerance was 6, and that was damn scary. I had never understood how the tracers, patterns, and giggles I got off acid had inspired the psychedelic revolution in the 60's, turns out I just hadn't taken enough.
There is something called a "threshold dose", when it comes to psychedelics. Below that dose, you are still in control, you are fucked up, but still on top of things. Past that point you lose touch with the small piece of yourself that makes you an individual, and are entirely at the mercy of the drug. This is what the hippies meant when they said acid removes your ego, to try to maintain yourself as a functioning cognizant entity while the world shifts and melts around you is pointless, all reference points are gone, there is only the moment.
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There is something called a "threshold dose", when it comes to psychedelics. Below that dose, you are still in control, you are fucked up, but still on top of things. Past that point you lose touch with the small piece of yourself that makes you an individual, and are entirely at the mercy of the drug. This is what the hippies meant when they said acid removes your ego, to try to maintain yourself as a functioning cognizant entity while the world shifts and melts around you is pointless, all reference points are gone, there is only the moment.
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