Found CBD Cannabis Oil at our local health shop

[PlowBoy36420]

Just bought some CBD oil.
Understand I'm not looking for something new to get addicted to but done some major reading on this in the past. I want aware it was even legal to buy here in Alabama (2nd state to legalize it) but I'm willing to give it a shot. It's supposed to help with not only cancer and tumors but anxiety, inflammatory issues and other small problems.  I used to smoke pot and remember it always helped me when I was having headaches or my calves burning. I am no way encouraging any kind of drugs but I will write down what I feel like and give a report on it. If I feel like this is helpful then it could be something natural that can be helpful to others in recovery.
I would like anyone's input please, I want to make sure this is a safe product to use to help with recovery.  If it's not then I will not want to continue this use. I will listen to all constructive criticism, I feel it will be necessary in this.
Thanks ((John))

[Irisset]

I have about 3 years and half in recovery, I agree with plow boy, in the end motives speak volumes, if you really want to get high, you get high. Personally I have tried Cbd with no thc or so little that I felt absolutely nothing. My pregnant friend was explaining how it helped her with pain and felt relief from hormones and she told me to try it, I was leery at first and she told me to trust her and that she wouldn't put my recovery in danger. I was curious and didn't understand how an oil from weed couldn't get you high and explained to her that I didn't want to get high. So I took one puff. Felt absolutely nothing. No high and if anything was relieved. Believe it or not I'm afraid of being high the idea makes me anxious. I am a very holistic person, do yoga, meditate, help others, eat extremely healthy and spent the first years of my recovery listening to my intuition and took supplements high in chlorophyll , fish oil stayed away from coffee and nicotine and pretty much did everything possible to regenerate health. With everything I do I suffer from paranoia, depression and social anxiety. I agree with others in not trading one mind altering substance for another, but why do I see so many people in rooms drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes , eating sugar which are extremely damaging to your nervous system acidic and toxic. These things are mind altering also, if you use them with the same motives as alcohol. And you are doing self harm this way as well. Sooo with that being said, the cbd didn't make me high in any way, but I really felt like a normal person the rest of the day and my reactions to my thoughts were easy to let go of. This is stuff is anti inflammatory and promotes neurogenisis and balance in the brain. I would try it again, possibly around my period when I tend to go crazy and have pain. Everything isn't so black and white, sobriety is checking motives and listening to your higher power, I am now at a place where I want to love myself , without taking pills. Or drinking. Heck I replacfed green tea with black coffee cause it's better for me , but it still gets me going. Doesn't mean I'm trying to get high. Just my thoughts from a recovery rookie.

[PlowBoy36420]

I only consider myself clean from pills, I can't bring myself to say I'm clean as of yet.
I still hold firm that the oil works for the burning and the burning causes my anxiety so anxiety has stopped all together. This Friday I plan on going without for a week, I want to be sure it's not addictive.
I keep thinking about how I would smoke pot, when the kids came into my life I laid it down. I've used it from time to time when they would be at their mothers for the summer. I would always put it down for weeks at a time, I haven't used pot for a few years but can't recall having any cravings. Now I'm not on pills I feel I can tell if I will have any cravings for the week. I want to test all possible solutions to this, I've already made that step by purchasing the oil so I'm willing to look at this open minded.  I've discussed what I'm doing with close family and friends, they are just as worried as I am but do support me.

[Irisset]

I have about 3 years and half in recovery, I agree with plow boy, in the end motives speak volumes, if you really want to get high, you get high. Personally I have tried Cbd with no thc or so little that I felt absolutely nothing. My pregnant friend was explaining how it helped her with pain and felt relief from hormones and she told me to try it, I was leery at first and she told me to trust her and that she wouldn't put my recovery in danger. I was curious and didn't understand how an oil from weed couldn't get you high and explained to her that I didn't want to get high. So I took one puff. Felt absolutely nothing. No high and if anything was relieved. Believe it or not I'm afraid of being high the idea makes me anxious. I am a very holistic person, do yoga, meditate, help others, eat extremely healthy and spent the first years of my recovery listening to my intuition and took supplements high in chlorophyll , fish oil stayed away from coffee and nicotine and pretty much did everything possible to regenerate health. With everything I do I suffer from paranoia, depression and social anxiety. I agree with others in not trading one mind altering substance for another, but why do I see so many people in rooms drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes , eating sugar which are extremely damaging to your nervous system acidic and toxic. These things are mind altering also, if you use them with the same motives as alcohol. And you are doing self harm this way as well. Sooo with that being said, the cbd didn't make me high in any way, but I really felt like a normal person the rest of the day and my reactions to my thoughts were easy to let go of. This is stuff is anti inflammatory and promotes neurogenisis and balance in the brain. I would try it again, possibly around my period when I tend to go crazy and have pain. Everything isn't so black and white, sobriety is checking motives and listening to your higher power, I am now at a place where I want to love myself , without taking pills. Or drinking. Heck I replacfed green tea with black coffee cause it's better for me , but it still gets me going. Doesn't mean I'm trying to get high. Just my thoughts from a recovery rookie.

[mooneyb1]

Plowboy, you've helped me many many times and I support you all the way.  Just wanted to add that my friend who has epilepsy and has break through seizures uses CBD oil and it helps her tremendously.  I went so far as to buy a CBD pen and some oil but never used it. I was going to see if it would back th  anxiety off, at the time I felt like there were snakes eating my insides. I ended up not using it due to finding out my company DOES test for cannabinoids in the random drug screenings. That gave me the willies about losing my job zo I gave it to my friend. It may have helped, but I'll never know!  Another point was that I wouldn't have considered myself clean completely if I'd opted to use it. I know you'll do what's best for you and your sobriety.  I'm sending you hugs, prayers and best wishes. -Bonnie-

[PlowBoy36420]

I'm outside most of the day, love me some sun :-)
I do have a plans to go to the doctor to see why I have burning in my legs and feet but if it's nothing major and they want to give a pill, I will kindly say no. I'm done with pills, just the thought of taking on makes my stomach turn

[Deb179]

Just to ease your mind cbd oil is legal in all 50 states, it's considered a dietary supplement, just like a vitamin.  It's apparently still very misunderstood.
But glad your having it checked out, itll make you feel better. It's the cbd that has the neurological benefits.  (Burning, twitching, rls) it calms the brain enough to prevent seizures
MM is still not legal in most states due to the thc content, thats more for pain issues...as I've said that's a different story, while I do believe that too will have great benefits in certain situations, yours may not be one.
vitamin D...
I only recently was made aware that low levels of vitamin D will cause all kinds of mind issues, depression, that lost feeling and if low enough confusion  ( although other issues will do that too ) many drugs deplete the D.  We don't get enough of that from our foods and unless your in the sun a lot we just don't get the D we need.  It make sense. ..the sun makes us happy.
I think your on the right track,  you have a very positive attitude,  I find it amazing that you'll take that cbd one step further and have it checked out to make sure it won't set you back :)

[PlowBoy36420]

So far I have no desire for the pills, don't have the desire for the oil but it's only been 3 days since I picked it up. There has to be a better solution to pills and a better alternative than swapping from pills to another product that will become addictive ie; immodium.  We are here because we have addictive mentality and have problems coping with pain and other elements. I guess I had problems coping with the burn but took the tramadol for the pain in my wrist, looking back now I guess that was my excuses to take. I pray this isn't another lie I tell myself just to take the oil. I don't believe that's the case but like I said, I will only use it to relieve the burning in my legs, that's where my anxiety come from.
I know I don't want the pills, I know I don't want to continue with this but until I am in a clear mind I feel this is a better alternative than pills. I still have a friend that's in the police department (drug task force) that's researching this same product, he went and took a bottle from the shelf from where I bought it. I want to cover every aspect of this, I want to be on the safe end