Hi All,
I stumbled upon dmt-nexus a couple months ago and have been reading away feverishly ever since. What a great wealth of knowledge and such an amazing community!

As far as my history with psychedelics… I did LCD and psilocybin a handful of times during college, always had a good experience but to be honest they were more focused around a ‘partying’ atmosphere rather than personal introspection and the exploration of consciousness. I have only had 2 experiences with psilocybin since college, very rare occasions indeed. Both of these experience where great, more relaxed atmosphere, much more introspective and I think, the way they were intended to be experienced.

Fast forward 20 years. Moved to the North East (US). Living what to me is a great life, amazing friends & family, good job, dog, happy, etc. At this point in my life I wouldn’t know where to find psychedelic drugs if I wanted to, everyone I know now is more concerned with work and bank accounts, and future plans, not much room for mind altering substances. Which is fine. Point being I haven’t thought about psychedelics for years because it isn’t around me, the opportunity to indulge doesn't present itself much… at all.

Then… a couple months ago I was listening to a Joe Rogan podcast where he went off on a rant talking about his DMT experiences. It blew my mind, holy shit! To this point I had never even heard of DMT, how could there be anything like this??? Why have I never heard of this? Let the research begin. I eventually landed on a Terance Mckenna recording, “Everything you need to know about DMT” and my mind was blown 10x.

I decided around this time that I absolutely have to experience this. I’m a bit obsessed with it now. If the experience is even 1/10 of what Terance, Joe, and others describe it must be an utterly amazing, mind expanding thing. Unable to source MHRB I’ve settled on doing an ACRB extraction. After reading as many teks as I can find, I think I’ve decided on trying the tek posted on nexus by joshisom. I’ve sourced all my materials and am pretty much ready to go, can’t wait and keeping my fingers crossed that it goes according to plan!

Anyways, short story long, that’s how I ended up here. I’m looking forward to learning more and getting to know you all.

Best regards,
Summability

Hello Sum,

A warm welcome to the Nexus.

I wish you the best of luck with your first extraction, may your yield be pure and plentiful...

If I may ask, is your spouse aware of your plans and okay with it? If not, is there anyone else you could ask to be your sitter?

As you've been away from psychedelics for quite a while I would certainly suggest to start with low doses... I gather from your post that you already understand the importance of set and setting so you'll probably be fine...

Happy travels

PLUR

Hi Dooby,
Thanks for the warm welcome and well wishes, very much appreciated.

Funny you mention having a sitter, I've been talking about it with my girlfriend and she's ok with watching me while I try it. I've been trying to recount for her some of the experiences I have read about and she looks at me like I'm nuts She's open minded but it sounds so far out there that I imagine that's a common response. I have a funny feeling though that she'll be wanting to have a go at it if I can confirm first hand.

Also, thanks for the dose recommendation, I definitely plan to start small and go from there.

Thanks,
Summability