Welcome, Cdoc!

I agree with everything Wanderer said.

If I had it to do all over again (beginning psychedelics), I would prefer for my first psychedelic experience to be an intense ayahuasca journey. Honestly...I would. I know that there are a lot of people who would completely disagree, and that's ok. I am just giving another perspective, that I think it is better to dive in head first without all the baggage of other (lesser) experiences, just let go. Past experiences are a double edged sword, see, they can prepare you while giving you preconceptions. What Wanderer said is still very good advice. Maybe the best.

After all, in my opinion, a breakthrough is as far away from a light/moderate mushroom dose as it is from complete sobriety. Let me attempt an analogy: Sobriety is like standing on the ground, mushrooms are like standing on a tall building, a breakthrough is like flying past Pluto. May as well say it is worlds apart from both mushrooms and sobriety. They can't prepare you enough in relation to the preconceptions they can bring. They can't help you 'let go'. Just my humble opinion. I would rather go all the way.

Listen to others on this forum and do your research.

Best wishes on whatever you choose.