Slow start, alcohol-triggered surge

2. T+01:30:00 [intensity]

intensity 

± PLUS/MINUS — Threshold — something may be present, but it's right at the edge of perception. A stronger experience would confirm it; otherwise it may be nothing.

3. T+02:30:00 [intensity]

intensity 

++ PLUS TWO — Both the timing and the character are unmistakable, but you can still choose to let it stay in the background and carry on with ordinary activities.

4. T+05:00:00 [intensity]

intensity 

++ PLUS TWO — Both the timing and the character are unmistakable, but you can still choose to let it stay in the background and carry on with ordinary activities.

5. T+00:00:00 [note]

Effects arrived unusually slowly, with gentle, pleasurable inner sensations first noticed around ninety minutes. At roughly two and a half hours, drinking a pint of beer unexpectedly and abruptly boosted the state to a much stronger plateau that held for about three more hours before subsiding. Conversation flowed freely throughout; the writer noted useful therapeutic qualities like open associations and lowered defenses, though without MDMA's characteristic emotional transference.