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We always carried “totems”.

Little trinkets that we’d hold while waiting for the effect while silently repeating to ourselves that this would remind us we’re just high.

Be damned if you lost that thing though.

Mine was a toy kitten holding a cheeseburger.

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I brought a little metal chain into a trip once. Then a couple hours later, while we were all sitting in the dark hallucinating, I started absentmindedly playing with the chain. Everyone heard the sound and thought there was a dog in the room, which convinced me there was a dog in the room, and we all spent a good couple minutes trying to figure out who had brought a dog with them before I realized I was playing with my trip chain.

Something I've gotten into the habit of doing actually involves writing on my arm in sharpie. I notate what I took, how much, and at what time.

I got the idea from a friend, who likes to experiment with some psychedelic RCs. The idea is, if for some reason he ends up in the ER, unable to communicate what he has taken to the doctor trying to help him, it's on his arm!

Thats a pretty good idea!

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