Recently a good friend of mine told me, "There are people who are healthy, and there are people who take drugs. There are not a lot of people who are healthy and take drugs."
This resonated with me...
I'm all about health and fitness. I am finally living up to something I've always wanted to live up to. I treat my body like a temple. I don't drink alcohol. I don't eat processed food. I don't like putting things that are negative into my body. I love working out. I run, I bike, I do yoga, and I lift weights. I am a fitness nerd. If I could live in the gym, I would.
Here's the interesting part: I also do a lot of drugs, specifically psychedelics (if you haven't already noticed).
I believe my healthy lifestyle contributes to my consistent healthy and happy psychedelic experiences. An old friend once told me that in order to have a healthy mind, you have to treat your body right. He told me this after my first psychedelic experience. I was nineteen; a chain smoker who drank excessive amounts of soda who also had no muscle definition, due to extreme laziness. So by this description, you can probably guess that my first psychedelic experience was horrifying.
If you're interested in trying psychedelics for the first time, and you ask someone about how you should go about it, you will more than likely hear that you should always be in the right state of mind, meaning you should be in a happy mood before you take them. But I've done psychedelics on quite a few days when I wasn't in a good mood. To my surprise, they lifted me right out of a negative state. I giggled for hours. CATCH: I work out on a consistent basis. If I'm not working out and I take a psychedelic, I notice a difference.
Now, this is just a theory. My personal observation is that the healthier my body is, the healthier my mind is, and the better my trips are. I believe this is all connected. I have only been able to experiment with psychedelics in public after I started working out. Before I got into fitness and would experiment with psychedelics, I would end up running back into my house if I ventured out for too long. But now, I can literally walk down the streets of New York City in an extremely deep state without even batting an eye.
I see a positive shift in humanity happening, especially when it comes to caring about how we treat our bodies. A greater amount of people are living a more organic, healthy lifestyle. I learned from a good friend that there are more yoga studios in Los Angeles than there are Starbucks Coffee shops. I think this is why we are at a significant point in history where opening up the doors to our subconscious is welcomed.
Studies have shown that exercise can reduce stress, release endorphins (your "happy" chemicals), improve self-confidence, prevent cognitive decline, alleviate anxiety, boost brainpower, sharpen memory, help control addiction, increase relaxation, and tap into creativity. All of these things will definitely help your psychedelic trip go much more smoothly.
So, my strongest advice for anyone looking to experiment with psychedelics:
Hit the gym for the best results.
A substance becomes a "drug" depending on how you use it.
This is a very interesting perspective. Somethibg I've never thought about,maybe because i never work out. Most people connect working out with losing weight but your right excersize does a lot for your mental health as well. Good reminder and great advice. Trip on dude
You nailed it! Nice work and keep spreading the truth.
Interesting! I'm t-total, no illicit substances enter my body, yet I feel society is told that drugs are bad - so people think drugs are bad.
I'm unsure. Until I try psychedelics myself I have no opinion. If they work for you then you should do what's right for you!
Really interesting post. I sometimes thought drugs make passive. I have met some druged people, very nice one, however so lazy that after a while I prefered not to be with them. Thanks for sharing.
People do tend to collectivise all illicit substances as “drugs” when there’s a world of difference between a mood-enhancer like weed, a psychedelic like LSD and opiates like heroin. If your friend said that there are no healthy opiate users that would be more credible. Opiates: banned by Mexican cartels, prescribed to kids by American doctors. What’s wrong with this picture?