First Time Salvia (Success!) Story

[MagicGuy]

Well as some of you probably know, I'm not recreational when it comes to marijuana. I've loved and smoked this plant on a regular basis for the past 5 year. I had heard of salvia divinorum on here and some other "legal buds" type websites, but never really read about it enough and always thought it was BS. That was until yesterday, when visiting my local headshop one of the guys told me that he was carrying the stuff. Now I am a regular at this particular shop, all the guys there know me, I know that they only sell stuff that they would buy for themselves...only the quality stuff. He told me a little about his own experiences with it, explaining that the closest thing he could compare it to was an acid trip. I've never tripped at all, nevermind acid, so I didn't really know what to expect, so...

I checked out Erowid, did some research on some other informational websites and read some 'trip' stories from other salvia users. Wow, this sounded pretty fun! But in a serious way, like it's not something to just fuck around with. I also went and read about this particular brand of salvia, called "Purple Sticky Salvia". I found out that they use a standardized extract, not the crude versions which use wax and other materials. It makes the salvia more pricey, but you don't get the toxins and other junk from the crude methods.

So of course, I went back to the shop today and bought a gram of the 10x strength (it comes in 5, 10, 15 and 20) based on the worker's opinion. He gave me a deal of $30 instead of the usual $40 it goes for. I was very anxious to try it out as a lot of the stories I read were extremely interesting.

I went to a friend's and told him that he had to watch me while I did it, make sure I didn't try to jump out a window or anything. I took a small pinch of the salvia and put it into my bowl. I got two nice size tokes from this small amount, but I didn't really feel anything except for a kind of drunk tipsy feeling. I took another pinch and put it in the bowl, lit it up, and then it happened...

Instantly (and I mean instantly) the whole room started warping around in a circle. The closest thing I can try to describe it is like in Austin Powers when they jump into the time machine and they get like spun around in the spiral time zone. It was such an instense feeling, and there was so much pressure on my body during this whole ordeal.

After what felt like 30 seconds of spinning, I came to a slow stop and everything around me was distorted. The walls looked like the ocean with all these ripples that were moving through it. The tv looked like it was slowly sliding off of the stand, and everything looked like it was sinking into the carpet like quicksand. It was a very cool experience and hard to explain.

The Brett Favre poster on the wall started to be the only thing in the room as everything else became extremely blurry. The whole poster then turned into what looked like a black portal that I could've gotten up and walked into, falling into another dimension. But I was stuck to the couch. I couldn't have gotten up if I tried...it was like I was glued there. Once I could move again, the intensity level came down a notch and I started to see patterns of colors.

What felt like about 2 minutes of intense tripping turned out to be 20 mins of tripping. I looked over at my friend and said "wow that was an awesome 2 minutes". He said "2 minutes? You've been sitting there with your mouth wide open for over 20 minutes!". And that was by far not the end of it. I was seeing colors and not as intense visions for at LEAST another 30-45 minutes, which then subsided to a buzz like high from MJ.

I found it hard to communicate during the tripping. Words came out in only half their length, and I felt a few times like I was calling my friend's name and he wasn't hearing it. The most overwhelming thing about the whole experience was just how fast it hits you. It's like running into a brick wall..all of a sudden you just get hit with this intense body feeling and you know you're in it. This is the only part of the trip where I felt just a little worried like I wasn't in control. After this initial feeling wore off, it was smooth sailing. It put me in a great mood, not just for the time being but for the rest of the night. A great experience, but for those who have never used this, USE CAUTION! It is necessary to read about this plant before you ever think of trying it. It is powerful, it does work, and if you do it right you WILL trip your ass off.

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[DaveyDave]

ive read many things on salvia extract and have been thinking about doing it for some time now. the only thing that is keeping me from doing this is i am worried if there are any long term effects or after effects that it may cause. like i had shrooms once and after i had them i didnt feel right for days, and that trip was so freeking insane, how does it compare to shrooms? sorry for my rambling questions, its just you got me all excited

[woody]

Moved to General.

[Grim Bongmaster]

Salvia is way more intense than shrooms, and I found it to be more uncomfortable as well. I was still able to function while on shrooms, it was defanitly cool, and lasted a lot longer than salvia. I'm not sure about aftereffects..you might have still been tripping a little. Salvia didn't have any after effects, at least for me. I just completely zoned out, watching the visualizations on windows media player, and listening to kurt cobaine tell me how to live my life. as soon as I took a shower I felt relatively normal again.

I may have just been uncomfortable because it was a new feeling that was really weird and I felt like I wasn't in control any longer.

that's cool that you said there was time distortion...I thought my trip only lasted 7 or 8 minutes...that's crazy.

[MagicGuy]

Yea, the time distortion was probably the craziest part. There was probably a lot during the trip that I don't remember because of this. Regardless, it was a fun experience and something I'm looking forward to trying again. As for comparing it to shrooms, I've never done them so I can't really say. Salvia was my first hallucinogen.

I honestly don't know how salvia is still legal, because if someone were to drive around on it, they'd be in some trouble. But I guess as long as we are responsible with it we can keep it for ourselves.

[SpacemanSpliff]

It's probably illegal to drive on salvia, like it is to drive while drunk. Isn't there DWI that covers any mind-altering substance?

I want to try it sometime...

[jenpen418]

I want to try it but can't get it around here. I've never tripped on anything. Any advice?

[Grim Bongmaster]

dude you can order it off the net^

have some good music playing, don't be scared, I can't think of anything else

[XZit]

With Savlia you DON'T want to drive...lol
Infact...you couldn't!! lol!!
But the salvia trip is short last though...

My friend did salvia -I was his sitter.
He took a hit--and it hit him right away.
He got up and almost looked like he was walking agianst somthing.
Later on he told me that he "felt" so much pressure from the salvia that it was basically pushing him back.


Its a crazy drug.
SOme people don't like the feeling--I personally do.
Its not really a recreational drug--its more of a spirtual drug--e.t.c.
Its cool becuase you can totally create your own "trip" with salvia if you have the right enviroment. I.E. Dark room, no tv, no lights, light music playing-like PsyTrance or somthing---and don't forget the sitter!!

peace,
Will