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Found CBD Cannabis Oil at our local health shop
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))
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))
I too agree swapping one mind altering drug for another is not the way to go the goal is clean.
I'm just speaking of my son's experience...he needed to go with the lesser of 2 evils and work his way up from there
idk...I guess that's where it comes down to each individual person, and just having the support.
You have many clean days behind you and I hope you find continued success !!!! :)
I'm just speaking of my son's experience...he needed to go with the lesser of 2 evils and work his way up from there
idk...I guess that's where it comes down to each individual person, and just having the support.
You have many clean days behind you and I hope you find continued success !!!! :)
I have to say the oil works with the burning and anxiety but not the headaches and lower back pain. I'm willing to settle for not having my legs and feet burn, something the pills wouldn't work for. Pills wouldn't eliminate the other problems but only mask them, today I haven't needed to try the drops so that's another plus in my book.
I still a agree with Ms. Vickie, swapping from one mind altering drug to another isn't the way to go but here's where I'm willing to make that sacrifice to test it. I've prayed about this and feel it's a choice one won't know until it's tested
I still a agree with Ms. Vickie, swapping from one mind altering drug to another isn't the way to go but here's where I'm willing to make that sacrifice to test it. I've prayed about this and feel it's a choice one won't know until it's tested
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I am glad you are checking this stuff out but i still stand by what i said before...Make sure you dont have any medical issues going on. I dont want to see you "self medicate" yourself if you do have something that needs to be treated by an MD.
I'm wanting to avoid any type of addictive supplements all together, if I was looking for the high I'm sure I could go score some weed.
As far as I'm concerned, not very many people has used this oil enough to say yay or nay and I'm nearly willing to try this to see where it stands. Today has been great and I haven't needed to use the product and I still haven't felt any side effects from it. The weather is humid and I have a dull pain in my lower back and a headache but I'm not going to try it. If my legs get to burning I might but want to wait as long as possible.
I think I will have a doctor check up on the burning but won't have them write anything out because I'm leary on any types of pills
As far as I'm concerned, not very many people has used this oil enough to say yay or nay and I'm nearly willing to try this to see where it stands. Today has been great and I haven't needed to use the product and I still haven't felt any side effects from it. The weather is humid and I have a dull pain in my lower back and a headache but I'm not going to try it. If my legs get to burning I might but want to wait as long as possible.
I think I will have a doctor check up on the burning but won't have them write anything out because I'm leary on any types of pills
It's very true that after detox underlying psychological & physical issues come to light. Part of recovery -- part of putting together a decent plan for a decent future is addressing this stuff.
I have sympathy with both 'camps' on this thread but I believe that life is a little more 'gray' then black & white & so can only speak & act from that perspective.
I think it's important to make the distinction here between self-medicating & self-treating. I understand it's early in Plowboy's detox & I fully appreciate the length of time, the heartache, changes & sheer hard work it takes to make the requisite mental/spiritual & physical changes in order to beat an addiction.(@ 2 yrs. 9 mos., I consider myself early in the process). The most obvious & difficult obstacle for most of us is to get out of the knee-jerk mindset of reaching for something in order to cope or maybe just to avoid coping.
The thing is, researching something thoroughly via medical literature, through local expertise & forums (anecdotal) & a willingness to discuss it without being defensive or disappearing, tend to make me think that Plowboy's quest is not being spurred by a desire to dodge psychological stress (ie. coming out of an addictive impulse), but rather by a legitimate medical quest. We still have the right (in fact if you want to survive intact our there these days, it's a d*mn good idea) to take responsibility for our own health & well being into hands. It's important to really do the research, to reach out to wherever you can in order to learn & to learn to listen to your body once you're a little clearer & your body/mind is healing.
Without a doubt CBD has some excellent applications! First, I would (as Sara suggested) find out definitively what is going on w/ you. Get a diagnosis. It sure sounds like peripheral neuropathy & if it is, it's important to find out the source like diabetes, celiac disease or ataxia. Then, you can research the causes of your condition & possible treatments & put together a plan. Not really knowing what you're dealing with is not the optimal way to go here. I mean, okay, say the CBD helps & it alleviates the symptoms of the underlying condition (for example diabetic neuropathy), sure, it's a relief but the problem is that the disease continues to progress unchecked. Of course, there's no guarantee that even w/ a full understanding of what's going on that you can cure or check your condition but strong odds are that you'll be able to make some lifestyle & nutritional changes that will improve your quality of life.
A huge part of my recent recovery work has had to do with treating myself better -- really adapting to the idea of being 'clean' -- that it's an across the board thing: physical, mental, spiritual & that maybe I'm worth it. It sounds obvious but for some reason it wasn't able to integrate these ideas in a practical way into my life while I was struggling so hard to maintain the first couple of years. It's happened gradually, as my understanding deepened & the missing puzzle pieces resolved -- still working on it :P) It's kind of a Catch-22, without enough neural & physical healing, you can't get to a place where you feel 'clear' enough & optimistic enough (depression/insomnia/restlessness can really linger after detox) to do the full work to make further healthy changes in your life but somehow with grace & perseverance we get there. Treat yourselves well people & love your bodies!
@ Dedicatedtostop: I agree with much of your post (especially about kindness on forum!! -- although I only saw one comment that I thought was a bit 'clumsy' that way on this thread). I wanted to ask you about your comparison between Dolophine & Loperamide. Granted, they're both opiates but as far as I know, that's where the similarity ends. One crosses the BBB, the other doesn't. One is very strong, the other very weak. Loperamide has the ability to potentiate Methadone further. Please, let me know if you have anything further on this :) (very curious!)
I have sympathy with both 'camps' on this thread but I believe that life is a little more 'gray' then black & white & so can only speak & act from that perspective.
I think it's important to make the distinction here between self-medicating & self-treating. I understand it's early in Plowboy's detox & I fully appreciate the length of time, the heartache, changes & sheer hard work it takes to make the requisite mental/spiritual & physical changes in order to beat an addiction.(@ 2 yrs. 9 mos., I consider myself early in the process). The most obvious & difficult obstacle for most of us is to get out of the knee-jerk mindset of reaching for something in order to cope or maybe just to avoid coping.
The thing is, researching something thoroughly via medical literature, through local expertise & forums (anecdotal) & a willingness to discuss it without being defensive or disappearing, tend to make me think that Plowboy's quest is not being spurred by a desire to dodge psychological stress (ie. coming out of an addictive impulse), but rather by a legitimate medical quest. We still have the right (in fact if you want to survive intact our there these days, it's a d*mn good idea) to take responsibility for our own health & well being into hands. It's important to really do the research, to reach out to wherever you can in order to learn & to learn to listen to your body once you're a little clearer & your body/mind is healing.
Without a doubt CBD has some excellent applications! First, I would (as Sara suggested) find out definitively what is going on w/ you. Get a diagnosis. It sure sounds like peripheral neuropathy & if it is, it's important to find out the source like diabetes, celiac disease or ataxia. Then, you can research the causes of your condition & possible treatments & put together a plan. Not really knowing what you're dealing with is not the optimal way to go here. I mean, okay, say the CBD helps & it alleviates the symptoms of the underlying condition (for example diabetic neuropathy), sure, it's a relief but the problem is that the disease continues to progress unchecked. Of course, there's no guarantee that even w/ a full understanding of what's going on that you can cure or check your condition but strong odds are that you'll be able to make some lifestyle & nutritional changes that will improve your quality of life.
A huge part of my recent recovery work has had to do with treating myself better -- really adapting to the idea of being 'clean' -- that it's an across the board thing: physical, mental, spiritual & that maybe I'm worth it. It sounds obvious but for some reason it wasn't able to integrate these ideas in a practical way into my life while I was struggling so hard to maintain the first couple of years. It's happened gradually, as my understanding deepened & the missing puzzle pieces resolved -- still working on it :P) It's kind of a Catch-22, without enough neural & physical healing, you can't get to a place where you feel 'clear' enough & optimistic enough (depression/insomnia/restlessness can really linger after detox) to do the full work to make further healthy changes in your life but somehow with grace & perseverance we get there. Treat yourselves well people & love your bodies!
@ Dedicatedtostop: I agree with much of your post (especially about kindness on forum!! -- although I only saw one comment that I thought was a bit 'clumsy' that way on this thread). I wanted to ask you about your comparison between Dolophine & Loperamide. Granted, they're both opiates but as far as I know, that's where the similarity ends. One crosses the BBB, the other doesn't. One is very strong, the other very weak. Loperamide has the ability to potentiate Methadone further. Please, let me know if you have anything further on this :) (very curious!)
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