Contributions to the Comedown

[KorSare]

Over the past year, SWIM has taken note of a few situations which make the E comedown quite unpleasant. Based on these observations, SWIM has made some new resolutions for himself.

#1 - SWIM will only consume MDMA during the summer, and never during the school year. SWIM has found that any academic worry makes the comedown quite depressing, especially if there are tests or assignments that seem hopeless to pass. (SWIM just completed first year @ University, with Chem as his major - most stressful year of his life)

#2 - SWIM will never consume MDMA if he has work the next day. Too many times has there been a random occasion where SWIM ends up rolling until the early hours, only to remember that he has a set time to wake up at, and a place to be the next day. And oh man, does work ever suck, if you're dead tired and standing on your aching raver's legs for another 8 hours. Especially with school the next day

#3 - SWIM will never take public transportation by himself, after the peak of the roll has passed. Bussing home from a rave downtown is NOT fun, once you realize that everyone around you isn't also sky-high... and maybe you get that paranoid feeling that everyone knows you're on something. An even bigger con is waiting at the bus stop in cold or rainy weather.

#4 - SWIM will get a fricken girlfriend before he rolls again. One night stands, horny clubbers, friends with benefits - all of the above are fun... but SWIM has a habit of reflecting on his life during the E comedown, and always gets depressed that he hasn't found a permanent soulmate to confide in. It's especially bad if SWIM has taken an interest in a girl and has been dating her for a bit, but things haven't become official.

Girls on the mind, diesel powered buses, university life, and part time work......the four main reasons SWIM has limited his MDMA consumption. Although during the actual roll, nothing really matters, haha.

Just wondering if anyone else has similar ideas about MDMA, or if SWIM is just overly sentimental and/or easily depressed. Feel free to add your own resolutions!

One of SWIM's hobbies is writing.... here is a poem inspired by his recent falls from grace. Copyrights on this poem written by SWIM, go to me.

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The sky within this tablet is a brilliant shade of blue,
Soaring high above its clouds gives an incredible sublime view.

With wings spread wide, I radiate with beauty, strength and light,
Feeling the combined energy of the others who take flight.

A higher peace and understanding are finally mine as I ascend,
But as the cliché loves to state:
all good things will eventually end.

Falling from the stratosphere, one is quick to understand,
That gravity and reality – they both go hand in hand.

And the reality that strikes me, in post euphoria of the roll,
Is that buried beneath all these pills, lies a lonely soul.
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