Research @ Home 23 October 2009

Following the unqualified success of the first ever "Research @ Home" night, there followed more of the same, well the same if you do not include the cheekiness.

Date: 23 October 2009

Venue: My House

Weight:180lbs

Height: 6' 1"

Researched Substances: Methylone, Ketamine and Dragon Light

Total Dose: 400mg Methylone, 50mg Ketamine

Route of ingestion: Oral, insufflated

Main effects: Music appreciation, empathy, euphoria.

Side effects : Some jaw tension, sweating, temperature fluctuations.

Research @ Home 23 October 2009:

Introduction

Following the previous "Research @ Home" and the odd experience of coming back up, from the ketamine, I asked people I know and could find little about it, only one person, Mr M Cat had a theory and it goes something like this:

Sometimes people are to up tight for the drugs to work, so when the ketamine hits, it loosens them up, and allows the full effects to be felt, Mr M Cat went on the add that he had on occasion added so ketamine into his parachutes and research material to loosen up the subject to produce a better effect.

I don't mind admitting I was a bit dubious, but I thought I mayas well give it a go, so I prepared 300mg parachute of Methylone with an added 50mg of ketamine, I also prepared the usual 300mg of Methylone for Topcat.

As this had the possibility to be a "cheeky" night, 30 minutes before the Methylone drop I had one pill of Dragon Light, this is because Methylone and related chemicals are a vasoconstrictor and this is not congruous for men at least to a cheeky night. Although I had never tried cheekiness on Methlyone or any other substance for that matter before, I was taking no chances. The Dragon Light was another recommendation from Mr M Cat, and I had great pleasure in telling him before hand that it was obviously snake oil, and would have no effect.

Friday

20.30

One Dragon Light pill swallowed: (snake oil? we shall see).

21.00

Parachuted 300mg of Methylone with the 50mg of ketamine, (special ingredient), Topcat does the same with 300mg of Methylone.

21.30

Topcat is coming up big time, chatty, hot flushes, waves of euphoria, and as for me I have got nothing, nada, zero.

21.45

Topcat is having a really good time more flushes, and downstairs has started to "glow" she also has a certain look in her eye that I can only describe as fervent libidinousness, I am worried I run to the kitchen and rail 100mg of Methylone.

22.00

Oh yes I have joined Topcat on the Methylone express.

23.00

We are both down from the high, but both still feeling really good and close.

23.01

Oh my god, Dragon Light is NOT snake oil, I repeat NOT snake oil, I am totally gobsmacked, I have a flagpole that has just fired one of the buttons of my fly out the window.

23.02 - 04.00

I shall, to everyones great relief, spare you any further details, but shall just add the following, cut out and keep notes:

1. None of us can finish for a long time: (Topcat: 3.30 Captain Acid: 04.00), this is well reported on this and similar chemicals and is not as frustrating as you would think.
2. Everything feels more intense, more intimate, basically just much much more of everything until there can be no more then it fades away, shame.
3. My back did not recover for two weeks, that is not even a joke.
4. I have ordered a gallon of "snake oil".

Debriefing

What a night, what an experience I remember thinking cheekiness could never be better than this, unsurprisingly I was wrong, just as with the Dragon Light, things can and do get even better.

Research @ Home 17 October 2009

This was my first ever research @ home night and it proved to be a very rewarding and puzzling night, rewarding because this was the first time that Topcat ever took part in the research, and puzzling because of the strange experience I had where I came back up again after taking ketamine, very odd, I still do not have a satisfactory explanation for that one.

Date: 09 October 2009

Venue: My House

Weight:180lbs

Height: 6' 1"

Researched Substances: Methylone, Butylone, Mephedrone and Ketamine

Total Dose: 400mg Butylone, 50mg Mephedrone, 75mg Ketamine

Route of ingestion: Oral, insufflated

Main effects: Music appreciation, empathy, euphoria, would not shut up

Side effects : Some jaw tension, sweating, temperature fluctuations, bowel moments, nice.

Research @ Home 17 October 2009:

Introduction

The evening started with and quiet night in for NME, Topcat and myself, it was always a possibility that NME and myself would do some cheeky research, it was a nice surprise that Topcat joined in the research also, it was not planned that she would which I think made it all the better. As I don't need to tell anyone who has experience of this, but the next best thing to your first time, watching someone else experience their first time, especially if that is someone you love.

Saturday

21.00

Parachuted 300mg of Butylone, NME parachuted 300mg of Methylone and Topcat parachuted 250mg of Methylone. We all start to play cards whilst we wait in anticipation for the effects to start.

21.20

Both NME and Topcat report feelings of warmth from withing their bellies and general well being, NME as an experienced researcher says he is definitely "coming-up"

21.30

Both NME and Topcat report more of the same feelings, Topcat getting very flushed and excited, she will not shut up, but not in a bad way, she is however paranoid that she is talking too much, to be fair no one else can get a bloody word in.

21.45

I seem to be late to join the party, I have absolutely nothing, unless you count my urgent trip to the toilet 20 minutes ago, yep that was the highlight for me, you are lucky I never took a picture.

22.00

Whilst team empathy, carry on about how good this stuff is, and can wait no longer, and to be fair I have had this before but on Methylone, when I did not come-up on 300mg. I therefore get the straw out a snuffle, a further 100mg of Butylone.

22.10

Oh yes I have now joined the party, I am getting the start of a rushes of euphoria and empathy

22.10 - 23.00

We continue to play cards, even have a little dance, Topcat complains she is not really "feeling" the music.

23.00

We all have a little bump of Mephedrone, approx 50mg each to see if these helps Topcat "feel" the music a little and also because, well any excuse really.

23.15

No one has felt anything extra from the Mephedrone, we wisely decide not to chase this one.

0.00

We are all pretty much baseline, probably a little stimulated, but none of the previous rushes and warmth. This we decide will be a good time to try some Ketamine, this is turning into a big first night experience for Topcat, not one or even two substances for a first time but three.

0.15

We all have some Ketamine, NME and myself insufflate 75mg whilst Topcat does 20mg

0.30

I am feeling the effects of the Ketamine, when I move my head from side to side, the images can not quite re-map quickly enough, like a cheap plasma very entertaining. NME has gone into his own world and Topcat is experiencing threshold effects, maybe a little judder.

0.45

This is when the weird thing starts, about this time I start to come-up again, I am not getting mad rushes or euphoria but nonetheless definitely coming back up, I start to get very talkative, even Topcat can not get a word in.

01.00 - 02.00

I am buzzing, happy chatty having a great time, NME is coming out of his interest in his fingers, we decide to call it a night. We all go to bed.

02.00 - 04.00

Topcat and I talk for all this time, well when I say Topcat and I, it was really just me, we get to the bottom of many issues that have been nagging at our relationship for quite sometime.

04.00- 06.00

I can not sleep still thinking about will likely become a life changing night, so much going though my head I just can not relax, just too excited, the drugs have worn off, however I am like a kid before Christmas.

Debriefing

A night with no sleep, but a night with no sleep has never been more worth it.

Planet Angel October 2009

Whilst at Bestival I had met the "Kent-Massive", these are people that I was introduced to by Mr M Cat, and Planet Angel was the club event where he had meet them. I was persuaded to come along to the next Planet Angel event, not that it took much persuading of course.

I found out that this event is like no other I had been to before or since, it has serval features that make it unique, firstly it is run on a non for profit basis and secondly it does not advertise its events, the "marketing" is all done by word of mouth. This on the face of it may seem a little crazy, but it seems to work really well, it certainly was the most friendly event I have ever been to, and I only knew a handful of people there.

Date: 09 October 2009

Venue: Club Hidden Vauxhall

Weight:180lbs

Height: 6' 1"

Researched Substances: 2C-T-7

Total Dose: 50mg 2C-T-7

Route of ingestion: Oral

Main effects: Music appreciation, (for some music) completely unravelling of myself, lose of identity, dysphoria, huge visual distortions both open eye visuals, (OEV) and closed eye visuals (CEV), time dilation ,tactile enhancements.

Side effects : Sweating, temperature fluctuations, mental fogginess, paranoia, bowel moments, stomach tension, generally uncomfortable, heroic time dilation

Planet Angel October 2009:

Introduction

Following on from my research with 2C-T-7 at Bestival and decided to push things a little further with the new chemical, after previously trying 20mg and then 30mg, both with threshold effects I decide up the dose. My first thought was to up the dose to 40mg, seemed reasonable, however for some odd reason I was worried I would just get threshold effects again so at the last minute I decided to take 50mg, to ensure I got the full effects, well I certainly got a big and full effect, oh boy.

Friday

22.00

Parachuted 50mg of 2C-T-7, also took a couple of motion sickness pills as on other occasions this has always almost completely stopped any nausea.

22.20

Warm tinging and anticipation, particularly in the legs, could be placebo effects.

22.30

Things start to happen very quickly, already getting visual distortions, walls breathing and pulsing. I am taken aback by this considering my previous experiences with the substance, I am starting to suspect I have taken too much and I am fully aware I am in for the ride as a passenger going wherever the 2C-T-7 train decides to take me.

22.40

Urgent bowel movement required, toilet walls are going mental breathing massively, also water seems to be pouring down the walls, legs definitely heavy now.

22.50

As above but more so, 10lbs lighter now, I think I realise I will be alright, but fully aware I am not in control of this one.

23.00

Massive effects, I am getting the first signs of dysphoria and mental fogginess, if I could just stop going to the toilets things would be better. This is where I get my hatred of the toilets at Club Hidden from, but to be fair even if you are not lost in acid the toilets are fecking grim.

23.20

The last urgent toilet visit, I will stop mentioning them now, no one wants to hear about that any more.

23.30

I am now 90 minutes in, and I am still coming up, which would be fine except, I am now quite confused and although I can still speak I am finding this more and more difficult to find the words in my acid addled brain. Huge visual distortions going on, walls breathing, and people start to look zombniefied, very strange although oddly not scary as I can rationalise this, and I am aware they are not really zombies.

0.00

I am asked at about this time, what effects I am getting and what exactly I have taken, the only words a manage to get out are thus: "like acid"

0.30 - 02.00

This is the peak and although the visual distortions are still there, I almost do not notice as main overwhelming effect now is the complete unravelling of myself and almost complete loss of identity. I can not fully understand where I am, or indeed who I am, and why I am where I happen to be, some of my theories at the time included:

1. We were all being rounded up between rooms, to make us think some "event" was going to happen. (This confusion was added and probably caused by the fact that someone was carrying this sign around at some point):
2. I was between life and death and the struggle was somehow be played out, as some of the event host were in yellow vests, similar to emergency services personal, in touch of paranoia in this one.
3. I just did not understand why everybody was all together in this one place, I had no concept of a club or anything, this was very weird, I just could just not quite grasp it.

02.00 - 02.30

Amazing closed eye visuals, were had whilst in the chillout room, along with the associated body-buzz and tactile enhancements, the DJ gave me a very knowing look whilst I tripped away like a raving loon in the corner very nice, just spoilt a little by the high body load that was being experienced, nothing horrible but could never quite get comfortable. I go fro a walk round the various rooms of the club, various rooms, there are three, however in the two main rooms they are playing drum and bass and one and hard house in the other, I can not live with either of these, it is just way to much for my acid addled brain to take in, I am forced like a scared meerkat back into the sanctuary that is the chillout room, oh yes back to the relaxing music and closed eye visuals for me.

02.30 - 03.00

Standing at the bar watching people walk from room to room I am finding this fascinating, seems I have been doing this for ages, but somehow I know, it has only really been one or two minutes very almost spooky experience. At this point one of the "Kent Massive", a Mr Ja Vu, says are you alright, which is nice, however as he walks up everything goes into a sort of super slow motion all I can hear is what I can only describe as the sound a helicopter blades would make but if there were turning at one revolution per second a sort of very loud whamp-whamp sound, basically it sounds as though I am in apocalypse now and just as quickly as it started everything returns to normal speed.

03.00 - 04.00

Patches of lucidity were creeping in lasting for a minute or two, before the 2C-T-7 would take hold again and pull me back into the abyss, a little over dramatic there, but you know what I mean.

04.00 - 05.30

Snatches of lucidity are getting longer, I want to leave for home, be I release it would be a bad time to leave the club and I am better off waiting until about 06.00 when the tubes and trains will start. I am experiencing heroic time dilation, at one point I look at my watch and all the dials are running backwards, what a bitching cruel trick to play on ones self. As patches of lucidity grow I can have a few chats with people and it appears I can now function and form sentences and everything.

05.45

I leave the club and start the short walk back to Vauxhall station, I am now getting time loops as I walk past the same garage three times, annoying but I just keep plodding on.

06.00

At station guard informs me that the tube is not running and explains I need to get the mainline to Waterloo then Northern line to Tottenham Court Road and change onto the Central Line, he has to explain this to me at least four times, really not as compos mentis as I thought. Sitting on the platform waiting for the train to Waterloo, let me tell you it was not easy to find the right platform, I have 5 minutes to wait for the train this takes at least 30 minutes from my point of view, also starting to get paranoid about other passengers.

06.15

Arrive at Waterloo, I am outrageously pleased with myself for making such a simple a straight forward journey, but it was a real struggle. Mr M Cat calls me to check I am okay, I think he was planning to drive me home, I then go to the toilet, these are better than the club ones, nice. Obviously still getting massive visuals but so used to that it as good as makes no difference.

07.00

The rest of the journey passes without incident, except I annoyingly have to get off the train a few stops early to go for a wee, however there is another train just behind the one I was forced to alight from.

07.30

I arrive home, on the taxi ride from the station to my house, I was again getting massive time loops, I mentioned this to the taxi driver that we had passed a particular bend at least three time, from my perspective, she seems a little concerned and drives a bit quicker, I shut up.

07.30 - 08.30

I am have temperature issues am I hot or cold, no just clammy and uncomfortable, I drop off to sleep at about 08.30.

12.00

I wake up, and to my amazement I am still tripping, not on anything like the previous scale however walls are still breathing a little.

Debriefing

Some important lessons learned here and not just the obvious one, i.e. don't take too much you dingbat. That said because of the amount taken and the large effects, I am now very confident it would take a lot to freak me out, as I am sure quite a lot of people I know would have freaked with what I went though, perhaps it does not seem so bad when it is written down, but it is my ability to take a step back from a situation and apply some cold emotionless logic to it which was enough to give me an anchor and keep me sane. That said maybe I am deluding myself a another 5mg would have turned me into a gibbering wreak!

Bestival 2009

This would be my fist foray into the festival world that was not Glastonbury. I remember the people I first when to Glastonbury with saying not to bother with any other festivals as they would are seem substandard once I had experienced Glastonbury, and whilst I can now understand what they mean, I don't agree with them. It just is simply not fair to compare Glastonbury to other festivals.

Bestival is a relatively new festival (since 2004) and has steady grown until its current size of approximately 43,000. However Bestival manages to produce a similar vibe to that of Glastonbury, although not quite as good, this is mainly due to the separation of the camping areas from the performance arenas, which is done to increase the bar sales as it is forbidden to take your own alcohol into the arenas, to be fair most other festivals operate the same policy. Notable exception are of course Glastonbury and Beautiful Days festivals.

After the Glastonbury debriefing, I was concerned at the steep tolerance curve that I seemed to built up, and I was keen to test out over a three day period to see when the drugs did really, if ever, stop working.

Date: 11 -13 September 2009

Venue: Field in Isle of White

Weight:180lbs

Height: 6' 1"

Researched Substances: Mephedrone / Methlyone / Two Pills contenting approx. 100mg of MDMA / Cocaine / 2C-T-7

Total Dose: 1225mg Mephedrone / 475mg Methlyone/ Two Pills / 75mg Cocaine / 50mg 2C-T-7

Route of ingestion: Insufflated / Oral

Main effects: Empathy, euphoria music appreciation, body buzz, eye wiggles, time dilation, Open Eye Visuals (OEV) Tactile Enhancements

Side effects :Some jaw tension, sweating, temperature fluctuations.

Bestival 2009:

Introduction

My usual Glastonbury buddies had bleated out, one at the last moment, yep still wont let that one go. However I was not deterred and I arrived at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of White 09.00 on the Friday morning, I met up with mate, Mr M Cat and he leads me back to his camp site and I am camped and introduced to his mates, the "Kent-Massive" and I have a cider in one hand and Woo-woo in the other by about 11.00.

Very excited about in new chemical I have to try, 2C-T-7, on with the report.

Friday

11.00

Eat some apples and oranges.

12.00

20mg of 2C-T-7 parachuted, expected 2 hour come up, and nausea and sometimes actual sickness is reported by users, I am well ahead of the game and also take two motion sickness pills.

13.00

Legs feel heavy and tingly go for a walk.

13.30

Feel a bit nauseous not to bad, passes quickly.

14.00

Now back at camp, sit relaxing in fantastic summers day, interesting cloud patterning start to appear, three dragons, breathing cloud fire, very relaxing if my mate would shut the feck up, threshold dosage as intended seems to have been achieved. Without relaxing and easing out the effects non are present.

15.30

Have been enjoying the sun and visuals for about 90 minutes, head for elsewhere on site, legs are heavy and I am a bit tired.

16.00

Insufflated 75mg Cocaine, as the tiredness and malaise would not shake, instantly back in the game.

16.00 - 0.00

Cider consumed and dance acts enjoyed, Mr M Cat and I find ourselves in the main dance tent waiting for 2ManyDJs to start.

0.00 - 01.00

Pill taken, of known quality containing 100mg of MDMA, no/little effect.

01.00 - 04.00

Another pill taken, this hits the spot, I am off this fecking planet the rest of the night the most intense rolling to date, great music 2manyDJs, and new friends are also found, makes for a near perfect night, fecking awesome, this is why we do this, brilliant. Okay I had a good night, I will shut up about it now. To be honest the pill had too much speediness in it for me, this gave me a wasted out crash at about 4.00. This was also true for my new friend (she had one of the same pills). The point is we all very groggy in the morning finding it hard to converse.

04.30

Totally burned out and wasted, escort new friend back to their tipi, hit sack, sack does not seem to mind.

Saturday

10.00

Look for some breakfast, all food outlets seem to have massive queues.

11.00

Return to tent and eat some apples and oranges.

13.00

30mg of 2C-T-7 parachuted, higher dose than yesterday, expected to be needed because of tolerance, which is now likely, and possible serotonin burnout, also take three motion sickness pills.

14.00

No effects, drinking cider

15.00

No effects drinking cider

16.00

No effects drinking cider

17.00

Still no effects, by this time down in the festival proper in our favourite bar, lounging on beds in the sun, nearly 4 hours plus now since consumption, in the queue for the toilets and the entire front row of loos, is breathing and pulsating, wow everything is vibrating man

18.00

Tactile enhancements, everything is vibrating which is really increased by the heavy drum and bass going on nearby, never thought drum and bass could be useful ever. Back at the bar, the vibrating feeling is really nice and I am getting excellent open eye and closed eye visuals I find myself grinning like a hippy, probably not a good look, so I keep pulling myself back, which was probably a shame.

19.00

Had some introspective thoughts, not a good time to have these annoying, definitely coming down now.

20.00

All effects gone, rather abandoned by the chemical there, only a small dosage though, cider fills in the gaps.

21.00

250mg mephedrone parachuted

21.30 - 23.00

Coming up, warm flow though body emanating from chest / belly area, can not stay still, no reason to stay still, why would I stay still in the middle of a massive music festival, bust some moves all over the shop.

23.00 - 23.30

Definitely over the peak now, will re-dose at 23.30, still feeling very good though

23.30

250mg mephedrone parachuted

0.00

Totally back up where I was now, massive music appreciation and euphoria, not massive empathy though which is a shame and no need to talk to others, others no doubt probably pleased by this news.

02.00 - 04.00

Enter turdis, and decide to have a big grand finale, I rail 250mg Mephedrone, a real head shaking eye wobbling freight train hitting, experience, but in a good way. Exactly the effect I was looking for, very similar to what happened in Egg in May. Does make me a little unsteady on feet for the first 20 minutes or so, but this then wears off leaving me, bouncing and bobbing around like a meerkat.

05.00

Back at tent go to bed, asleep by 06.00.

Sunday

11.00

Eat some apples and oranges.

12.00 - 21.00

Relaxing day time, shockingly only cider consumed, giving the 2C-T-7 a rest today. The real test will come tonight, can we do three nights rolling on the spin, or we will just get side effects, or no effects, will anything work, drugs of choice are Mephedrone and Methylone.

21.00

300mg of Mephedrone and Methylone parachuted, (combined weight).

21.30 - 23.00

I am and totally back in the game very surprised, pumping tunes going mental all as the previous night, although not as good as the MDMA night, obviously. I was disappointed not to get more empathy as this is what is reported with Methylone, hence adding it to the mix, however I think the Mephedrone effects are to much, and mostly mask those effects.

23.00

Re-dose with 300mg of Mephedrone and Methylone parachuted, (combined weight).

23.30

Not quite getting the same high now but still very good, a little unsteady on feet, and must be maxing out now.

12.30

Last re-dose, just for research purposes now, 350mg of Mephedrone and Methylone parachuted, (combined weight), all this does is bring back the unsteadiness which had passed, but worst, manage to keep moving though will power for no reason, should have just sat down, remembering venue shuts down at 01.00 on the Sunday in any case.

02.00 - 04.00

Chilling out back to the tents, I am shattered, go straight to sleep, concerned about possible massive crash in the morning.

Monday

06.30

Get up, no apples or oranges left, feeling tired but no other effects, packed up and off site by 08.00. Straight into taxi, straight onto ferry, back home by midday.

Debriefing

All in all very rewarding and worthwhile research, very surprised by the amount it was possible to push it on a one off, this information will be used for Glastonbury 2010.

NOTE:

If you just eat apples and oranges and drink woo-woos cider and water for three days you lose 7lbs.

Glastonbury 2009

As mentioned before I am obsessed with Glastonbury, only went for the first time in 2007 and I have not shut up about it since. I make no apologises for that and I Glastobate every day, whether checking for ticket re-sales for ticketless friends and friends of friends or looking though the forums, again just to make sure I have not missed anything.

I mention above that, "I make no apologises for that and I Glastobate every day", well I should apologise to one person, Mrs Acid, aka Top cat, who always wanted to go to Glastonbury in the late 90s, but I always vetoed the idea saying why would we want to go there, all that mud all those hippies, obviously rubbish. I know better now, however because of ankle biting acidettes it is now virtually impossible for Top cat to make it, opps, bad Captain Acid.

Date: 24 - 28 June 2009

Venue: Field in Pilton Somerset

Weight:180lbs

Height: 6' 1"

Researched Substances: Mephedrone / Two Pills / Cocaine / Ketamine

Total Dose: 750mg Mephedrone / Two Pills / 150mg Cocaine / 300mg Ketamine

Route of ingestion: Insufflated / Oral

Main effects: Empathy, euphoria music appreciation, body buzz, eye wiggles, disassociation, time dilation

Side effects: Some jaw tension, sweating, temperature fluctuations, nausea

Glastonbury 2009:

Introduction

The only things you ever hear in the news about Glastonbury are the drugs, the mud, the toilets. Considering the liberal supply of all manner of stimulants, and the sheer numbers of people involved, it’s remarkable that violent incidents should continue to be as few and far between as usable lavatories. The fact is that the English Summer just does not seem complete without this epic solstice gathering of the clans. It’s not just the music, even though they regularly have the bands you most want to see. It’s not even the circus field, or the theatre tent, or the green fields complete with stone circle and tipi enclosure, or the healing field, or the wandering performance artists, or the monuments of scrap cars, or the availability of food from every nationality, or the provision of all manner of recreational possibilities twenty-four hours a day. It’s the people.

The great British press are keen to perpetuate the myth that Glastonbury represents a coming together of all the dread-locked Eco-terrorists, the Great Unwashed. What they fail to realise is that for every twig-haired, drug-addled didgeridoo carver called Wurzel you come across, you will meet ten slightly dishevelled, scrumpy-sozzled trainee quantity surveyors called Colin. For the most part, the Glastonbury Festival attracts not those with a tenuous grasp on reality but those with such a firm grasp on it that they understand the need to leave it behind once in a while.

Anyway enough about Glastonbury in general and onto the report.

Wednesday

12.00

Tipi pitched, Cider in one hand, Woo-woo in the other, sun is shinning oh yes, great feeling of knowing what is coming.

14.00

Dressed as pirate, this happens every year.

14.30

Attempt to drink body weight in cider from the cider bus begins, this happens every year.

17.00

Back at tipi for more woo-woos and cider.

18.00

K1no has the first of many naps.

19.00

Walk to The Park with NME, couple of vodka ices in the Park Bar, test out some pills (all duds)

22.00

Back to the cider bus, to meet up with the rest of the lads.

00.30

Still at cider bus, NME and I have some cocaine to keep us going.

01.00

Loony woman appears, we can not shake her off, have pill (dud).

01.30

Meet some new friends, this happens every year

02.00

Go to stone circle with new friends, NME stops every 50 metres shines torch on head and shouts regroup, this is the funniest thing I see all festival, however it works we reach stone circle with new friends.

02.30

At stone circle, sit down with new friends, NME has some CK1 (cocaine and ketamine mixed) in a snuff snorter. I have never had ketamine before so this will be a first time for me. We pass it round one snort each, seems to be taking a while to work, of course always difficult to know how much of each substance you are getting, on four snorts for me, everybody else on three, really start to feel the effects.

03.00

It is as if only our group exists, I can see nor hear anything else, Rich keeps saying, "slow burn" as the effects slowly sneak up on everybody, I am convinced I am going to go back to Wales with the Lady who I was talking to on my left previously, experiencing time dilation and often think I am coming out of it, only to be proved wrong, experience a little nausea, although never close to actually throwing up. I must of looked like a train wreck as I have never had so many people say to me, "are you alright", nothing like that to make you feel paranoid, well I thought I was okay until you said that!

04.30

Effect worn off enough to stand and stagger and stumble back down the hill, pop into the toilets and just manage to avoid the dreaded "ghost wee" and get a lovely long refreshing wee out, oh yes.

05.00

Back at tipi straight to bed, no previous experience with ketamine and I expected to drop straight to sleep as it is an anaesthetic, jeez was I wrong.

05.30

Lying awake in sleeping bag, getting very cold, shaking and shivering uncontrollably, admittedly it is cold outside but this seems excessive.

06.00

As above.

07.00

Can not sleep but no more shivering.

08.00

Give up with this sleeping malarkey get up

Thursday

09.00

Feeling good except obviously tired, no crash or nasty come down at all.

09.30 - 19.00

Wander around site drink a little cider.

23.00

At tipi, NME, Johnny Ferrari and I, place 250mg of Mephedrone in a rizla and swallow it, (parachute), never taken this substance in this way before.

23.15

At dance area need to rush to the toilet for urgent bowel movement, oh yes feel better for that, must be at least a 10lbs lighter

23.20 - 23.30

Definitely coming up now, warm exciting feeling coming from belly and chest, tingles in legs, very alert, stimulated.

23.30 - 00.30

Now at The Glade area, dancing and feeling very good, feels different a little better than the previous time on this substance, getting plenty of euphoria, well being, and very stimulated. Johnny Ferrari in his poncho, is doing particularly well also.

00.30

Back at Dance Village, probably re-dosed 250mg at around this time, do not lose another 10lbs on this occasion.

01.00 - 02.30

Re-dose has kicked in big time, right back where I was before.

02.30

Re-dosed again around this time, on this occasion no hitting the same high as before, although still worthwhile

04.30

Back at tipi, I am now aware that I have done 750mg in one session similar amount as before (Egg Kings Cross) and I am worried about a similar crash.

05.00

Breakfast ciders are interrupted be ever increasing rain, forced inside tipi for sleep.

05.00 - 09.00

Do not feel like I sleep however I must have surely got a little sleep.

Friday

09.00

Get up, very relieved to find out that I have no crash whatsoever, I am however tired, not that big a surprise that one.

09.30 - 20.00

Wander around site see some bands drink some cider and Woo-woos, general festival things.

20.00 - 21.00

Relaxing at tipi, k1no tries 250mg of Mephedrone, for the first time and quickly wins gurn of the year award, he literally can not move his jaw, we reassure him the effect is not permanent. This was however unbelievably amusing, poor lad.

23.00

Parachute 250mg what I have been sold as MDMA power, had this been what it purported to be, that would have been one heavy dose and I would have been on one hardcore trip baby, however it was not. I had the exact same feeling as the previous night, even including the, oh dear bathroom time effect, this does not happen to me on MDMA. I start to come up, the tingles, but I never make it. For some reason this freaks me out a little and rather than trying again, maybe with Mephedrone, I call the research part of the night off and switch back to vodka red bull and cider.

05.00

Breakfast ciders at tent.

05.30 - 08.00

Again do not feel like I sleep, however at 08.00 tipi turns into a sauna and I get up, NME and K1no unfazed by inferno.

Saturday

08.00

No crash, as expected or hangover just tired

09.00 - 00.30

Actually see some bands drink some cider.

00.30 - 03.00

Head to late night areas, do not take anything for some reason, it is the last night what the hell I am saving myself for I just do not know. NME gives me a cheeky pill at about 02.00 and 10 minutes later declared he is going back to the tent, I would not have taken it had I thought I was researching on my own, the other guys are with me but none are "researching". Issue is resolved as I can barely feel anything from the pill, I must be a hard head in this respect as NME was buzzing on one of these the previous night.

03.30

Back at tipi a good night sleep is had.

Sunday

10.00

Get up nice breakfast is had, we decide to leave to miss traffic, I am missing the kids, and the van driver really wants to go.

12.00

Back in the van driving off site.

Debriefing

Do not seem to need anything like the amount of sleep I thought.

I will never understand, why I never made a bigger attempt to on the Friday night to allow the drugs to work, another re-dose would definitely have done it. However all this is 20/20 hindsight, and at the time I was being overly cautious which is no bad thing. This experience did prompt me whilst at Bestival later in the year to push the research much harder much further to see what the limits were before the drugs stopped working and the side effects exceeded the benefits. It turns out the limits were further than I thought, what a weekend that was.

Egg Kings Cross 23 May 2009

Welcome to my first report of the blog, in this report as in all the others to follow I shall be 100% honest and as accurate as my memory permits, I also promise faithfully to include any and all of the bad effects as well as the good.

Substance taken: Mephedrone / Random pill contents unknown

Date: 23 May 2009

Venue: Egg, Kings X

Weight:180lbs

Height: 6' 1"

Total Dose: Scales not used, or owned at the time, probably approx. 500mg all (Insufflated) One Pill Oral

Route of ingestion: Insufflated / Oral

Main effects: Empathy, Music appreciation, would not shut up, body buzz, eye wiggles, unsteadiness, on redose

Side effects :Some jaw tension, paranoia, sweating

Introduction

Not tried this substance before, open mind, open nose.

Met up with dropping mate on this occasion it was NME (Nicest Man in Europe)

22.30

In the pub nipped to the toilet, Insufflated, approx 10-20mg, eyeballed dose no real idea how much.

22.40

No effect, maybe a little anxious feeling, probably nothing.

22.50

Still nothing, leave pub head for club, wait for NME, have urge to chat with random people sitting round a fire in the middle of the market, manage to resist, thought that was odd, but thought no more about it.

23.00

Club having issues, with something; not ready to open or something, go to different club, still nothing.

00.00

Enter, new and improved club, (Egg Kings X) check it out seems really good, been wanting to go here for a while.

00.10

Go to toilet measure out two fat lines, good noseful, convinced at this point, gear is rubbish a dud, a waste of time, from more recent experience dose was 150 – 200mg. Insufflated, right up the hooter, jeez does it taste bad down the throat, go back to the bar.

00.13

Okay thinking maybe this gear is actually working, fast, very fast come up, elevated heart rate, warm glow from chest, very pleasant, start wanting to talk to NME, I will not shut up all night, must have driven him mad.

00.30 – 02.00

After talking non-stop, we hit the dance floor, all music seems fantastic even hardcore drum and bass and nobody likes that shit, huge pupils, insist on drinking lager as well, amazing gear, not the high euphoric sensation of MDMA, more speedy, but very very good in its own right, sweating a little, keep spinning round on the dance floor, concerned everybody is watching me, although this does not bother me. Mate wrestles lager away from me and makes me drink water.

02.00 - 02.30

Coming down, but still very nice, no feeling of needing to redoes just yet, have lost NME talking to random people, I must look like I having a great time, was asked more times than ever what I was on where did I get, I act dumb, easy for me that.

02.30

Find NME, he is on pills of dubious and untested nature, try one of those, this as it turns out, seems to have no effect.

03.00

Nip to toilet for redose, there is a bouncer in the toilets, I am paranoid as hell now, hold it together manage, to pretend to go for wee, he clears off, jump into stall, heart is pumping, worried and anxious. Want more gear, but thinking the bouncer is coming back to “get me”, take stash, out of pocket, still in wrap, to worried to make a line, so in a, “I need this NOW and quick”, kind of way, sick rolled up note straight into, stash and sniff, god knows how much I took, either way I do the same with the other nostril. From more experience since this day I had at between 250 - 300mg.

03.10

Leave toilets, before bouncer “comes to get me”, I get all the effects at once like being hit by a freight train, eye wiggles: check, sweating: check, unsteady on my feet like I have had 12 pints of lager: check, huge body ruses: check. Manage to wobble back to NME, he is concerned by the look of me, and gets me to sit down and have some water.

03.15

Eye wiggles are massive, almost all the time, lucky I find this amusing and not to disorienting. I try and text, I have approx two seconds to find the next letter before eye wiggles make the operation impossible.

03.45

Mate suggests we move go for a walk, this was a good idea, still a little unsteady, but no more than a 5 pint clubber now, starting to feel good, realise I over did the re-dose, hey nothing gets past me.

04.00 - 06.00

Back on the dance floor, even drum and bass sounds good, I mention to NME that this gear has made my legs ache, he says, "it is not the gear, but because you have been dancing for 4 hours", good point I think. At some point I suggest taking some more, NME INSISTS we leave, good call.

06.30 – 08.00

Have the longest journey home ever, time dilatation I would guess, have to change trains, a pigeon is cooing, I start to dance to the beat, thank god it is so early in the morning and nobody notices.

08.00- 12.00

Bad come down, paranoid, shakes, sweating, I am hot I am cold, not sure, cant sleep cant do anything, sleep comes in two hours, I sleep for 2 hours, get up feeling very tired but apart from that okay.

Debriefing

At the time immediately after I was back to baseline, I presumed the massive come down was due to the amount taken, and whilst this remains a possibility, as it was my first time with this substance and thus tolerance would be low. However with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, the best kind, and more experience of the substance, the more likely culprit was the pill of unknown origin or contents. Although I felt no positive effects from it at the time, or effects of any kind for that matter, these could easily have been masked by the big mephedrone effects.

Therefore lessons learned: NEVER take a pill that has not be tested either by a VERY reliable source, or better still with pill testing kit Marquis Reagent.

The Begining of Bat Country

Firstly this was not my idea, but then all the best ideas were not my idea, sliced bread - not my idea, dunking biscuits in tea - not my idea, half time pies at football matches - not my idea, in fact that last one is a bad idea, have you ever had a nice pie at half time at a football match? no I thought not, anyway why are they all about food? Picnics - not my idea, Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts - not my idea, not only not my idea, but a non-food idea, an idea I would like say was and is better than sliced bread. Enough I digress, digress from what I am not sure because a subject has yet to become apparent.

To those of you who know me, and as this is will be completely anonymous you wont, that said if it were possible that someone reading this could somehow realise they knew the author of this meandering crap they would not be surprised that I managed to get a reference to Glastonbury in on the first page.

Firstly I do not expect anyone to actually read this, I am thinking it is almost completely for my own benefit, to keep a log of what have happened and is happening during my "research" period. Let us start with the basics a little about me and how I have come to my present situation at my time of life.

Firstly my name, as touched on above and in the style of the classic TV show Dragnet, "all names have been changed to protect the innocent" in that vain my name from this point on shall be Captain: Captain Acid, yes I know, it seemed like a good idea at the time, and if it is my metaphorical ship, which it is, then I am the fecking Captain, I may even be sitting here with a Captain's hat on for all you know complete with scrambled egg on the peak.

I am sitting here still trying and failing with the notion of why I am doing this, and I don't mean writing the blog as that we have covered, that was someone else's idea. I talk of the psychonautic research that the blog's title derives, there is a very very simple reason for this, oddly that is often overlooked, the plain simple fact of the matter is that recreation users do it for pleasure, they is no other reason and remembering that recreation users make up 97% of users this is the number one reason across the board.

There are of course other reasons for the usage, and I have decided this is not the place for that discussion, however for those interested the subject is covered in detail here Why do people take drugs? , in fact I can whole hearted recommend this site, namely: Transform Drug Policy Foundation

Anyway less flim-flam and more action:

My only intention with this blog is to document my experiences with recreational drugs, and as it happens the vast majority of these experiences are very recent, and this is not because I am a wide-eyed teenager just starting on a journey of psychedelic experimentation, quite the reverse as I am in fact the wrong side of 40. This makes me a late starter and perhaps gives me a different outlook, more likely this just makes me a bit strange.

Just one thing, before I start my journal of psychonautic research, before the start of my journey I completed lots of more traditional research, by that I mean reading about the substances, knowing the dosages, buying scales, and being prepared. That said the first time I was not as well prepared as I should have been, and that to date is the one time I have been bitten on the arse by it. So remember kids, Captain Acid, does not say, "just say NO!", but says "just do your research first you blockhead!"