This thread keeps appearing so here are my 2 cents. I have tried GHB- which I I homebrewed from GBL and Sodium Hydorxide (doing alot of research before I even tried this). I was able to do a few caps here and here and had no problem walking away from it, leaving it in my fridge. Then they outlawed GBL and I ended up getting 1,4 butanediol from this same source. I wasnt quite addicted but began to enjoy the buzz more. I originally started because of a the relaxation benefits and growth hormone production (which is half true since the prolactin relaese it causes offsets the benefits of the increased growth hormone production).
1,4 definitely fucked me up. I ended up dosing every 3 hours and taking up to 200 mgs of ephedrine a day to perperuate a "speed ball" type of high. After agreeing with Mrs. Fullback40 that a problem existed here, we sought professional helped which involved an unessecary visit to a rehab clinic.
I was completely detoxed in 3 days with the help of benzodiazapines and a tricyciclic anti-depressant to take before bedtime. I tried BDO again after being clean for approx 6 mos. and it wasnt the same, I seemed to go right back to the fiending, dosing every 3 hour routine in a matter of a day.
Point is stay the fuck away from 1,4 butanediol. Its an solvent they use in making polyester. Find pure GHB or read up and make it yourself. I am neither an advocate or opponent on this drug. If it offered the same benefits when I first started, I would do it occassionally but it doesnt and it will end up a problem. Peace