carolinacurious: I'm probably going to bow out on this one soon because while I don't like the spread of misinformation I never intended to write a "joy of drugs" piece or a "how to" manual.
But that's just it: No one ever takes a drug moderately.
"No one ever" will get you into a lot of trouble, but there is a hell of a lot of truth in what you've said.
Back "in the day" the hippies I hung out with did tend to take X infrequently and fairly moderately, actually most of the people I hung out with were true "moderates", I personally had a bit of a problem with moderation although not with frequency, and I eventually learned better myself.
Second only to hallucinogens, X seems to have some built in mechanisms that discourage frequent or immoderate use: 1. It's expensive - most people may want to do more as they are coming down but they can't get it/don't have it. 2. If you do a little more at the right time, you can extend the trip but that's it, you basically get one extension (maybe two) but then it's over, you can try, doing God only know what sort of damage to your brain but it doesn't work. You can't just keep on going like with coke or meth. 3. "Hair of the dog" doesn't work, and the sooner you do it, the less of an effect it will have.
Anyway, I have seen moderate use with X, it can be done and it's actually more likely than with most other drugs.
The rave/circuit scene is its own deal and while I'm sure it's a lot of fun it has many problems.
I do have to wonder though: I don't believe most of the "rave kids" are actually doing X, except for the first couple of times you do it, X doesn't last long enough. "Man, we did this great "e" and I danced for like 10 hours and I had all this energy and felt great the next day!" Sorry, not on X. (unless it was your first time AND you were very lucky)
I probably pop 1 or 2 of these little pills every Saturday night while I am at a club and have mixed w/other recreational drugs...I personally have not felt the depression or mood swings or anything else physically or psycologically yet and I have been doing this for about 3yrs
I jerked off for about 30 to 40 minutes, then came ridiculously, then started up again (as you know who wouldn't go down) and came again in the shower getting ready to go out. Wound up getting dinner with this girl I'm seeing, then back to her place... three more orgasms (keep in mind 3 is about tops for me these days) in two sessions of sex. Woke up the next morning... and 2 more in one session.
Now, I'm not calling bullshit and please don't get offended but there are small things in both of these accounts that do not match my (considerable) experience as both witness and participant. The differences in both (particularly faceking's) could be explained by lower dosages. The differences with PNG (very small) could possibly be explained by what he means by "physically" or something else (dosage/purity).
