So it's my friend's birthday, and 2 screens and one nice glass piece later, we a have nice yellowy-orange spice pile on top.

We sit opposite each other, and I take the first hit.

I start to toke on the pipe - feel the vapour build up, becoming harsher until I can inhale no more. I hold it, and not one second after I exhale, the room shakes violently, I hear a WHOOSH, energy flows quickly down my arms from my chest and the room is turned into a vortex-wormhole-esque picture.

It's a second, a couple of seconds in my perception, and I'm back - the room is shaking and comes to a standstill.

THe shadows and the lights stand out, and everything is blurry, slightly surreal...I know I'm tripping, and it's the after effects now...and I'm laughing.

I'm in shock, and feel a bit panicked...and then once this is gone I'm left with a warmth from my head to my toes, and a calm takes over me.

I feel confident, calm, and very chilled but wide awake - boosted.

I'm still not sure if this was a proper breakthough, and in thinking this, I'm sure it wasn't - but I was pretty shocked for a few seconds when the energy took me, and it was amazing.

Next time I will try my hardest to remember to stay calm and light another one, if not 2, hits to really rip a hole in reality.

It felt good though - I felt refreshed.

Next time, close your eyes

Seconded. That really sounds like my first try. Doing lying down, eyes closed, no stimulation, that should take you somewhere completely different.

Thirded.
Eyes closed is a must.

Ahhh yes - this was something I forgot to do.

WIll be doing this tomorrow night for sure. I hae decided to do it every couple of days for the next week or 2 til I get a real feel for it, then only do it every so often - once a month or so, possibly.

I like this slow introduction to this though, it's totally not like ANYTHING I've ever tried before.

My friends closed their eyes when they did it, and 3 (there were about 6 of us in a circle) of them had what I would call breakthroughs - especially one, she had never done pyschedelics before and had a very scary but amazing experience, she was immediately aware of the fact she had been fightin it, and wanted to have another go.