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They tasted, to quote Workaholics, “like a mummy’s dick.”
But the experience was delightful. I went on a walk through the woods, wrote pages and pages in my notebook, completed several assignments, and read most of a novel. I made a real dinner for myself and enjoyed it. I napped.
The next day, I felt a kind of mental clarity that had been distinctly missing amid the fog of anxiety, sadness, hunger, and exhaustion. For days, a kind of halo effect lingered where I felt more capable, more adept.
If a full dose left me feeling this good, I though, maybe just a small amount would help me get through my dark patches.
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Okay, we get it. Medium inserted a paywall. If we really wanna discuss that, can someone submit a story on it instead of posting top level comments here?
Meanwhile, what do people think of the actual article?
I'm really intrigued about exonerating drugs, but I'm way too scared to switch out my sertralin with shrooms or LSD
IMO the best approach is to read about experiences on Erowid and similar sites, get used to which dosages go approximately how far, and when you finally are ready, prepare your mindset and externalities to promote a good experience rather than a bad one. It really is all in your head.
This article is about people without access using illegal drugs to self medicate. The title could be 'I was ill and used before it was cool.' I'm not judging, but maybe that's one thing we could be talking about.
I give information away for free... Not everything has to be monetised. This article is interesting, it's more of a blog really though, regardless I don't expect to pay for it, If I wrote it I'd be happy to give it away for free... because cmon, it's a personal fucking blog, you would pay to read someones blog?
Well, if you would be happy to give it away for free than go and do that. If you wouldn't pay - go and do that too, don't pay.
I, by the way, wouldn't (and didn't) pay for it too - but I sure as hell ain't complaining about it or try to tell people what to do with their intellectual property.
Well I sure as hell am complaining, I'm not saying people can't decide to monetise things... just don't expect me to not to complain that you are monetising something ridiculous as a result, those are freedoms of people on either side of the argument.
When Medium started, I was amazed that people would just donate their content to Medium instead of owning it. Now I hope these people are amazed too...
It looks like you currently opt in to the paywall as a writer.
"Hanna Brooks Olsen has locked this story exclusively for members. But with a free Medium account, you can access this post, plus two other exclusive stories this month."