trip sit

Verb

trip sit (third-person singular simple present trip sits, present participle trip sitting, simple past and past participle trip sat)

1. (transitive) To watch over a person while they are using drugs; to act as a trip sitter.
   • My friend Beth, who trip sat me in the early days (remember her from the section “Breaks in Time”?) died during the writing of this book. I ask, “Where is Beth?”2006, Dan Carpenter, A Psychonaut’s Guide to the Invisible Landscape, page 76
   • The decedent was reportedly “trip-sitting” for his friends who were using “acid” on the evening of his death. “Trip sitting” refers to someone who remains drug free for the purpose of monitoring the safety of those under the influence of a drug.2014 January, Justin Poklis, Kelly Devers, Elise Arbefeville, Julia Pearson, Eric Houston, Alphonse Poklis, “Postmortem detection of 25I-NBOMe...
2. (transitive) To guide another person's drug trip; to act as a psychedelic guide.
   • A brief guide to trip sitting. There is often a tendency to overpower the tripper with our insights or knowledge. Let go of this impulse.2022 April 4, Patrick Kyle, “A brief guide to trip sitting”, in The Nation, page 62