GETTING HIGH

James Nester (2009). Get high now without drugs.

Nestor does his own "research" on methods of getting high without drugs in experiments with a group of friends dubbed The High Lab who met at his house weekly for 2 months. The format for the getting high methods have a picture, description, warnings, and references for those that want to learn more. 

Critique: I found the Book of Highs much better than Nestor's compilation in this book. I sometimes had difficulty getting through the sarcastic humor and some darker tones--others might not be bothered by this. There also seemed to be a good deal of repetition of visual highs that generally were ineffective for me when i tried them..i simply didn't feel high. Finally, for several of the methods, Nestor cautions against using them because of the dangerous side effects or possibility of death--so why even include these--why put these ideas in people's heads? 

There were a few methods of getting high without drugs that seemed to work for me and that i recommend others (that want to get high without drugs) experiment with to find out what works for them including:

shepard tones--fun to listen to the perception of a never ending ascending movement of tones

glossolalia--speaking in tongues, it feels good just to babble like a child, to let the free flow of emotions trip over the tongue without regard to the coherency of the words

instead of buying and inversion table, i would suggest standing on your head, or a partial head stand...the blood rushing to the brain is invigorating... take care with supporting your neck if you try this and get up slowly, let your body readjust

hydrotherapy--extreme cold and heat, i like the heat of a dry sauna (hydrate well before and after) and ending with a cold shower to invigorate (i gradually turn it cold and imagine i'm under a waterfall in the topics)

holotropic breathing--Groff is a primary researcher in this field but i've found little on the actual method available on the internet...it appears that Groff wants you to take one of the workshops and be guided by a trained person--probably a good idea; alternatively, Wim Hoff''s breathing techniques are widely available on the internet; another possibility that i personally use everyday is yogic pranayama (this is best done slowly, increasing intervals only after several weeks of training at a particular level...contraindicative for those with heart or lung issues).

amygdala exercise of clicking forward is quite fascinating--i actually did feel something invigorating and there is some research to support the method--google or see instructions in the book