trip sitter

plural trip sitters · alternative trip-sitter

1. recreational drugsmedicineA person who watches over a person who is using drugs.

   As a psychedelic researcher, she was a “trip sitter” the straight person charting drug trips and documenting the findings.

   1996 June 7, Kathleen McCloud, “‘Artists choice’ promotes idea of mentoring debuts lesser-known work”, in The Santa Fe New Mexican, page 6

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   In some cases, a trip sitter may be a medical professional, such as nurses used in psychedelic research or a therapist who performs psychedelic psychotherapy. […] However, the most common trip sitter is a friend or family member whom the drug user trusts.

   2009, Sean Williams, The Big Picture, page 30

   Trip sitters are especially handy for your first few psychedelic experiences, or if you’re planning on taking a moderate to high dose.

   2019, Michelle Janikian, Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion, page 83

   Of the 492 women declaring substance use at festivals, late alcohol initiation[…], late illicit drug initiation[…], and late festival initiation[…] favoured testing their drugs. A similar correlation was observed for ensuring the presence of a trip-sitter: very weak association was observed for late alcohol initiation

   2020, Iga Kender-Jeziorska, “Patterns of recreational drug use and harm reduction strategies among women a music festivals: The case of Hungary and Poland”, in J. Buxton, G. Margo, L. Burger, editors, The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women, page 208