It’s been 16 years since I last took Ecstasy and I was in my late teens when I last took LSD (and then only a couple of trips.) I’ve been a regular cannabis user (but stuck to very mild gear) up until a year ago when I started taking the beast that is alcohol seriously. I’ve had three drinks in the last year and only one weekend of marijuana that was four or so months back. I haven’t had a drink for a month which was when I booked myself in to Alcoholics Anonymous.

How to Change Your Mind is a revelation on how far the struggle of legalisation and humane access to psychedelics has come in the decades since I was experimenting in back in the 90s. I am further encouraged by the Decriminalize Nature movement that this excellent series introduces to a wider audience. The history of psychedelics is difficult to process but very interesting. And the recent “psychedelic renaissance” and widespread use of psychedelic therapy as a medical and psychotherapeutic treatment is wonder and joy to witness. It really is a Brave New World.

My own LSD trips, (albeit in naivety and not in a therapeutic setting) were nonetheless life-changing and mind-expanding. And I look back fondly on the experience generally. I would certainly consider psychedelic therapy as it becomes more available but I have no urgent need for it. But I’m very supportive of it though – for use with a cross-section of disorders (and for those otherwise free of problems looking for a spiritual experience) – in the rapidly changing world of the 21st century; and I consider myself lucky to already have valuable first-hand experiences to draw on.

Have a good trip.

“How to Change Your Mind is a 2022 American docuseries based on the novel of the same of the same name by Michael Pollan. It consists of four episodes, which were released on July 12, 2022, on Netflix and give insights into the psychedelic drugs LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline as well as their uses in psychedelic therapy.” ~Wikipedia