You have to prepare for the LSD and really want to do it because this is serious business. You aren't fooling around. You aren't sure what you're getting into and it can be dangerous if it's not done right. If someone is thinking about doing it and decides not to, then that was the right move and a good sign because it shows that the person respects the power of LSD and is really serious about this. One cannot do this under pressure, only when they are ready. It doesn't matter how many times a person backs off if they are not ready. When they are ready, they will know.

In my own case, I had tried mescaline and peyote, having been told by friends that it's all right, but shied away from LSD because the same friends were saying that LSD is something else. The way mescaline and peyote are on a different level than marijuana, I thought that LSD was on a different level above mescaline and peyote, not realizing that mescaline, peyote and LSD are all in the same general ballpark or level. Knowing how great mescaline and peyote were, I was eager to try LSD. I wasn't mentally ready until after having read some books, I realized that nothing can stay the same forever. If LSD is bad or scary or hell, it can't last forever.

The only reason I was concerned was because of all the negative psychiatric propaganda that's spread about LSD. I mentally prepared myself to endure an eternity in hell, if that's what it took, knowing that if I could wait it out, I'd break through the hell into eternal heaven and that it would be the greatest thing that could ever happen to me or anyone.

If you are seriously willing to endure an eternity in hell, you will be richly rewarded and you probably won't even have to go through the hell because if you are prepared for the very worst, then whatever happens won't be that bad or not bad in any way. When you realize that there isn't any hell to go through, that it's all in your mind, it will be a tremendous psychological boost. That's the way it was for me, no hell to go through.

One should not try LSD before first being familiar with marijuana and liking it. If one does not appreciate marijuana, then they are no more a candidate for an LSD experience than someone who has never smoked marijuana and if someone has never smoked marijuana, they would have to be crazy to jump right into LSD. Don't allow yourself to be put in a position of possibly having to find out the hard way, during an LSD trip, that I was right about this.

If you want to take LSD, that's great, but do yourself a favor and get something positive out of marijuana first. Do yourself another favor and take all the suggestions about preparing for the LSD experience seriously. It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of preparation in order to be in the right state of mind for LSD and to greatly lessen, if not eliminate, any chance of having a problem during the trip. It's like driving a car in that one needs lessons and practice before they are really ready for a license. Otherwise, driving a car is dangerous.

LSD is not only the ultimate experience possible for a healthy person, but is also useful in many ways for people with psychological or physical problems. It is possible for an LSD trip to solve a psychological problem that years of regular psychotherapy couldn't solve. LSD has also been known to turn homosexuals into heterosexuals, cure alcoholics, get rid of pain and fear in terminal cancer patients better than any other medication and many other important, useful things.