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Irvine Welsh has revealed how a psychedelic drug turned him from being an atheist into believing in the afterlife. The Trainspotting author can be seen taking DMT in Canada in a new documentary about his life and career. ‌

In the film - Reality Is Not Enough - he is seen going into an altered state in a controlled environment to help him experience what life felt like "before he was born". Welsh, 66, had taken a different version of the drug previously, during which he says he experienced the existence of the afterlife. ‌

The Edinburgh-born writer told The Record: “I saw after I died when I first took DMT, which it’s all inner emotional vocabulary. ‌

“The first time I did it was on my mate’s couch back in London. I realised I’d been a complete atheist and that my at

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