Reddit reviews The NeuroSoup Trip Guide

My wife was never a big drinker and had never tried anything else. In her life, she'd been drunk once, and tipsy maybe three times.

I had the pleasure of introducing her to LSD.

Her first time was quite a low dose, which I actually regret in hindsight - I generally advice people to have a 'normal' dose for their first trip so that they experience the full effects and don't just come out of it thinking it's something less than it really is. This is exactly what happened with my wife.

That said however, you need to be well prepared. It's not something that you can even begin to imagine until you experience it. It's NOTHING like being drunk. Reading people's trip reports should help a lot. There was a truly excellent report with pictures posted from a first timer a little while ago. Here it is.

There's a couple of good books on the subject as well. For full disclosure, I'm the author of one such book. I won't advertise it here (I've been accused of "spamming" in the past, so I tend to be careful), but if you're interested, please ask and I'll provide you a link or further info. My own book is targeted at 'beginners' specifically, so may be one of the better choices compared to many others. However another really excellent one devoted to 'explaining the experience' is The Neurosoup Trip Guide, by Krystle Cole.

Miss Cole also runs the Neurosoup website, which has a lot of very useful information and a very large number of videos. Note that I'm not associated with Neurosoup other than having sponsored one video there recently.

Further info as edit: I got a little sidetracked on resources and away from the main topic - LSD as a first drug.

It's worth noting that I personally don't smoke weed. I have nothing against it for other people and I'm a staunch proponent of marijuana legalisation for several different reasons; but I just don't like the feel of being stoned. I definitely do appreciate the psychedelic experience though. LSD wasn't my first drug; but it was the first that I truly found useful, interesting, and 'truly' enjoyable instead of only 'hitting my pleasure centres'. The drugs I'd tried before it were definitely not something that prepared me in any way for it from my point of view; so while some people have commented that trying weed first might help you with management of 'being high', my own experience would be to the contrary. Either way, they're anecdotes - it might help, or it might not.

With that in mind, I'd say that LSD is a great first drug, assuming you're as well prepared for the experience as you can be.