Thanks for the responses! Sorry it's taken me so long to get back.

That's exactly how I feel. I wish that I had learned to value and respect these substances at an earlier point in my life, but, oh well. I guess we all grow up sometime. I have used mushrooms in this respect many times before, albeit somewhat unknowingly.

I'm glad that you could share a similar experience. I was beginning to feel like I was "loosing it". I'm usually not the type to say, "I know beyond the shadow of a doubt", and perhaps it was just some deep part of my psyche coming out, but I actually felt her presence. Something I hadn't felt since the last time I saw her... 7 years ago. Had I just seen her face or heard her voice I would have, more than likely, passed it off as part of the "trip", but I actually felt her there. It was beyond strange, but so familiar at the same time.

I'm not sure of the actual dosage. I have no way of measuring out doses (yet). As for my first time, I didn't do very much at all. Maybe a quarter of what I do regularly. It was literally one decent sized (not too small, not too big) hit. I knew it wouldn't do much, but I've always been one to test the waters before plunging right in. I must say though, I've found some of the smaller doses that I've done to be much less pleasant than the higher ones. Small doses tend to just make me uncomfortable.