QuizzicalCultivator
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I was just browsing RIU and came across this thread so I thought I'd share my recent first experience with salvia. I had heard stories about it numerous times over the years from various people, and had even done some reading online to check out this seemingly awesome legal hallucinogen. Although for some reason, several years went by before I actually decided to try it. First time for everything, right? 
Randomly one afternoon, while I was sitting around bored and waiting to pick up some bud, I decided to take a stroll down to my local head shop and finally get some salvia to try. I knew it was (obviously) going to be a very different drug than weed, and I was curious to experience this different high. They only had 5x left and I got 2g for $15 (half price apparently) and headed home.
My online research concluded that a bong and torch lighter were essentially the prerequisite tools for smoking salvia, and both of which were already my preferred weapons of choice. So I packed a bowl, smaller than I normally would smoke if it were chronic, but still enough for one good solid hit. I was originally just going to smoke a little tiny bowl for my first time, but as I was packing it I remembered that it was only 5x, and a lot of people online said that 5x didn't have much of an effect on them, so I put a little more in.
As most of you have already guessed, I had decided against a sitter too. I was already alone and didn't want to call someone up just to come over and watch my ass get all fucked up. I'm generally more of a lone-stoner so I thought I would be more relaxed and comfortable by myself. Smoking the bowl on my bed seemed like the logical choice, so I actually took about 15 minutes to tidy up the bedroom and put away any stuff that might be dangerous or just generally get knocked over. I also made a deliberate mental note to make sure I put the bong down safely and quickly after taking the hit, as I had read too many warnings from people about dropping a bong when you start tripping out.
So it was time to get down to business. I sat on my bed and smoked the bowl in one hit, making sure to hold it in while putting the bong down. I remember a brief second of feeling fine as I was inhaling and suddenly there was the "oh shit, its coming..." feeling that you get when you feel the 'high' coming on. After that I vaguely remember putting the bong and lighter down on the nightstand while just concentrating on holding in the hit. After that it came hard and fast, as I have no memory of exhaling at all...
I remember snapping back to reality about 7-8 minutes later, standing scared shitless in the shower of the adjacent bathroom leaning up against the wall under the cold running water. From what I can remember from during the trip, I spent most of the time thrashing around on the bed trying to get up before somehow making my way to the shower. The only feeling I remember is a crazy panic, thinking I was going to die or be killed, although I can't recall how or by what. I don't remember any other inner thoughts at all, so it was reminisent of a dream where you're not in control and everything just happens and you react accordingly but without any inner dialogue. The whole thing lasted less than 10 minutes but it felt like it took another 10 minutes for my body calm down again.
So no magical, awe-inspiring, multi-dimensional trip for me. No floating slots and cartridges, no hysterical laughing, no nothing except panic and fear of imminent death. It was only 5x too, so I think I just packed the first bowl a little too big and paid the price. Immediately afterwards I really felt like I didn't want to ever do it again as my first experience was essentially a 10 minute blackout where I crashed around my room while thinking I was going to die.
But thats how it goes I guess, theres the possibility of a good trip or a bad trip, and sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't lol. As shitty as it was, I know there will be a time down the road where I decide to give it a try again and hopefully that time it'll be a pleasant, enjoyable high. I think we're just spoiled with our weed, as it is a guaranteed good high every time with no hangover or comedown afterwards. I'm also definitely going to smoke a much smaller bowl next time and ride with the training wheels a couples times before I take a hit that big again.
So sorry about the novel, but I had just tried this drug for the first time quite recently so I felt like I should share the experience for those of you thinking about trying it. With my extremely limited expertise I'd also have to say that all the other posts in this thread seem to be very accurate descriptions of what salvia is all about so do some research and reading first.
Randomly one afternoon, while I was sitting around bored and waiting to pick up some bud, I decided to take a stroll down to my local head shop and finally get some salvia to try. I knew it was (obviously) going to be a very different drug than weed, and I was curious to experience this different high. They only had 5x left and I got 2g for $15 (half price apparently) and headed home.
My online research concluded that a bong and torch lighter were essentially the prerequisite tools for smoking salvia, and both of which were already my preferred weapons of choice. So I packed a bowl, smaller than I normally would smoke if it were chronic, but still enough for one good solid hit. I was originally just going to smoke a little tiny bowl for my first time, but as I was packing it I remembered that it was only 5x, and a lot of people online said that 5x didn't have much of an effect on them, so I put a little more in.
As most of you have already guessed, I had decided against a sitter too. I was already alone and didn't want to call someone up just to come over and watch my ass get all fucked up. I'm generally more of a lone-stoner so I thought I would be more relaxed and comfortable by myself. Smoking the bowl on my bed seemed like the logical choice, so I actually took about 15 minutes to tidy up the bedroom and put away any stuff that might be dangerous or just generally get knocked over. I also made a deliberate mental note to make sure I put the bong down safely and quickly after taking the hit, as I had read too many warnings from people about dropping a bong when you start tripping out.
So it was time to get down to business. I sat on my bed and smoked the bowl in one hit, making sure to hold it in while putting the bong down. I remember a brief second of feeling fine as I was inhaling and suddenly there was the "oh shit, its coming..." feeling that you get when you feel the 'high' coming on. After that I vaguely remember putting the bong and lighter down on the nightstand while just concentrating on holding in the hit. After that it came hard and fast, as I have no memory of exhaling at all...
I remember snapping back to reality about 7-8 minutes later, standing scared shitless in the shower of the adjacent bathroom leaning up against the wall under the cold running water. From what I can remember from during the trip, I spent most of the time thrashing around on the bed trying to get up before somehow making my way to the shower. The only feeling I remember is a crazy panic, thinking I was going to die or be killed, although I can't recall how or by what. I don't remember any other inner thoughts at all, so it was reminisent of a dream where you're not in control and everything just happens and you react accordingly but without any inner dialogue. The whole thing lasted less than 10 minutes but it felt like it took another 10 minutes for my body calm down again.
So no magical, awe-inspiring, multi-dimensional trip for me. No floating slots and cartridges, no hysterical laughing, no nothing except panic and fear of imminent death. It was only 5x too, so I think I just packed the first bowl a little too big and paid the price. Immediately afterwards I really felt like I didn't want to ever do it again as my first experience was essentially a 10 minute blackout where I crashed around my room while thinking I was going to die.
But thats how it goes I guess, theres the possibility of a good trip or a bad trip, and sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you don't lol. As shitty as it was, I know there will be a time down the road where I decide to give it a try again and hopefully that time it'll be a pleasant, enjoyable high. I think we're just spoiled with our weed, as it is a guaranteed good high every time with no hangover or comedown afterwards. I'm also definitely going to smoke a much smaller bowl next time and ride with the training wheels a couples times before I take a hit that big again.
So sorry about the novel, but I had just tried this drug for the first time quite recently so I felt like I should share the experience for those of you thinking about trying it. With my extremely limited expertise I'd also have to say that all the other posts in this thread seem to be very accurate descriptions of what salvia is all about so do some research and reading first.
