First off, let me say that I have yet to travel to hyperspace via
the wonderful DMT molecule. I am hoping all that will change in the near future.
Let me explain. I was born and raised catholic. Went to catholic school grades 1 through 12.
I grew up with Nancy telling me, "just say NO!!" I did ,however, do plenty of drinking all through high school and college (a state school). I started smoking cannabis in high school and college, but as I got older (mid-30's) my cannabis use became an every day ritual. It has truly taught me who I am. Cannabis has also retaught me everything i thought I knew about the world.
Being a kid in the 80's really screwed up my interpretation of the way reality is and my role in this reality. Huge amounts of unlearning had to be done in order for my brain to be wiped free of all the BS propaganda that I grew up believing. Cannabis has now become a way of life for me and with the pun intended , "opened up other doors" that I did not know about myself, the world or reality. Cannabis has lead me to make giant changes in my views regarding: religion, politics, spirituality, school, society, and pretty much every belief structure i grew up believing as doctrine.
Most of all, cannabis truly put me on a path of self discovery. I have always been a math/science guy but in the last 12 or so years I have been delving deeper and deeper into spirituality.

Now why am I here about DMT??
Thought strange and absurd by some I have always had a real deep interest in UFO's.
Even without ever seeing one I have always believed in their existence. listening to podcasts on way to work is a every day deal for me. This somehow led me to a Terrence Mckenna talk on UFO's. Hearing that guy once had me hooked. i did do LSD a few times as well as shrooms, but those were all done in college in a party scene.
My cannabis hobby now had some companions. I first set out to grow shrooms. Went well and have been delving deeper and deeper with them. Next up, DMT. I spent a good month or so lurking and reading all that I could from you guys. Learned alot and jumped right in.
Now here is where I am at. I have successfully completed my 1st extract with MHRB and got some real nice fluffy white spice. I wanted to do it right so I went ahead and ordered a GVG based on everyone's great reviews.
All is well right?? Well believe it or not I am having trouble keeping the whole hit in. even being a chronic weed smoker I still cough. I am using a torch lighter but I guess obviously not well. I have only made two attempts both with not much happening. Both times before I coughed like a madmen i had a big build up in the top of my head almost like a tighter and tighter hat was being pushed onto the top of my head. Felt like it was building to something but then stopped. Very very minor CEV's occurred on my second try but not for long. I have read every SINGLE post in regards to the GVG on this site but I guess I can not get the breathe in slowly part correctly. How slowly??!! Only two attempts but it is making me crazy thinking about where I am going wrong.
Well that is my short story and I hope to be around awhile. just gotto keep trying, right?
Practice practice practice, I know.
Thanks for reading if you made it to the end.
Any advice on the GVG is of course appreciated. For instance, to get a whole 25mg dose in one hit, about how long would the inhale slowly part take??
Thanks again,
Corduroy

Welcome to the forum!

Nothing wrong with daily use of cannabis IMO.

I too have had to do a great amount of unlearning and still do!

Spice does take some practice and getting used to.
I just use a pipe with a bed of plant matter and top it with spice. Melt the spice into the bed of plant and then burn it all in.
But I'm sure others will give you advice on the cvg. Many people love that approach.

I would like to offer a suggestion. I think you should put the GVG away and focus on getting yourself into hyperspace.

I own a GVG I love it. It takes a little skill and experience to master it. Once you get it the GVG is The very best way to take exact doses and break through with 99% accuracy.

Now, lets talk technique.

I would reccomend that any first timer use the sandwich technique with a bong. I prefer a bong that is at least 12" mine is 18" and I love that, I think 24" is even better.

Lets talk about why a bigger taller bong is better. A bong with a big chamber allows you to fill the chamber and then store the vapour/smoke until you can catch your breath and fully empty your lungs.

Sandwich technique- take a herbal medium that your lungs are either familliar with or comfortable with. Preferrably something fairly neutral in flavor. Not salvia. My recomendation for a rookie is parsley. Try a big hit of plain parsley and check it out. Parsley is easy on the lungs. If that doesnt work for you you could use cannabis. If you do choose cannabis I would reccomend using just leaves aka shake. Soo, take a layer of your leaf material and place it in the bowl, sprinkle your 25-30mg of spice on top of it, then cover the spice with more leaf material. Use any lighter, if you have a jet lighter thats OK, a bic works fine, IMO, also. Get comfy, REMEMBER SET and SETTING! Exhale all the air from your lungs. ALL the air! slowly do the bong hit. watch the chamber of the bong fill with vapour/smoke. Once the bong chamber is full with a nice dense cloud. Stop inhaling, put your hand over the bong to keep the smoke from escaping. Exhale again, exhale every little bit you have including the expitory reserve. Empty those lungs. Then inhale the entire contents of the bong chamber and hold it. DONE.

The idea here is to mix the DMT vapour with something you lungs are used to or something tolerable.

The above technique is, IMO, the best method for those new to DMT. Follow the steps above. It WILL work.


Good luck.

Sincerely,

IH