I couldn’t agree more about the euphoria. Though, my first trip I just loaded a peanut butter sandwich with what I was told were blue meanies (around 3-3.5gs), and that trip was honestly terrifying. I got no euphoria and was hearing whispers, ystuck in constant loops that I would act out (repeating tasks, perpetually in a state of Deja Vu), I have never been so confused and scared in my life. I didn’t get a full blown ego death, but I could definitely feel the mushrooms trying to separate myself from my own identity, but I was fighting it way too much (hence why I think I had such a crazy trip) and it never 100% took hold, I was almost trying to balance between the two perspectives in terror (forgetting my name and trying very hard to remember it etc.). But, I truly did believe that I had eaten the wrong mushrooms and died and was in hell, hell being an eternity of repeated monotonous actions and eternal hopelessness. I genuinely thought that weeks had gone by and I was just stuck forever, it took someone calling the house phone to sober me up and make me understand that I still had a connection to the world I was so accustomed to. It was pretty crazy, I went from fully tripping and terrified to completely sober with no comedown at all in literally a second or two.

A couple of months later, I tried eating an extremely small amount (a really thin, short stem and tiny cap around 1cm across, probably around 0.1-0.2gs) not expecting much of anything, and I actually ended up getting mild visuals and was put into a completely new headspace. From that minuscule amount, I spent the night hanging out with my dog, experiencing the strongest euphoria and sense of absolute bliss and peace I had ever felt in my life. The fact that that tiny amount made me feel so many strong effects made me realize that I just happened to chance upon some shrooms that were way more potent than usual (I’ve never had any that strong since). I have a vague memory of the buddy who picked them up for me mentioning that the guy he got them from told him offhandedly that they were way stronger than usual, though I must have ignorantly glossed over that.

I’m kinda rambling at this point, but my only point is that since potency can vary significantly, I feel like it’s always good to start with a very small amount at first, just to gauge the potency of them, because had I done that, my first trip may not have been so difficult. Having said that, from that same batch I ate 2 or so grams my second time (in between my first trip and the “microdose” trip I had) and I had an incredibly beautiful experience, so I guess your recommendation of 2gs would probably be perfect if you don’t feel like eating a tiny amount to test the waters. But honestly, and maybe I’m biased because of my own experience, 3gs seems a little bit much for someone’s first experience.