How Delta 8 Saved My Life

I had just found CBD and was singing its praises far and wide. I used to take a big bottle of ibuprofen to work with me to share with everyone for their aches and pains. After I found CBD it became my go-to for relief from all the things- stress, inflammation, pain, sleeplessness... I would then carry around my big old bag of gummies and educate my team on the power of plants and using cannabinoids for healing.

One of my teammates was a neighbor of mine and he boarded over one night and said "Andi- Have you heard of Delta 8?" I said nah and he proceeded to tell me about this wonderous strain that was less potent than D9, but still had all of the therapeutic effects and could be obtained easily and legally. He gave me a pinch and told me to text him after. I waited on that pinch. I was having a hard time with the risk of feeling out of control, I was a mom with all kinds of shit on my plate. I used to go too hard sometime with the sativa, get paranoid af and close all my blinds, unplug my landline and totally disconnect til I had my shit together. That was the Mid 90's and early Y2K when life was so easy and I had no idea. (Read previous blog for a summary of my fuckin awful life quality from 2019-2021.)

Fast forward to a few weeks later- the pinch was still in my garage and I had JUST talked to my therapist about how I could not name one thing that made me happy. I FaceTimed my gf Stef- who never stopped smoking- and we lit up together. I noticed several things about Delta 8 right from the rip:

• THE GENTLE PAUSE that was created between sources of stimuli. I have ADHD and sensory processing disorder and Christ knows what else that I haven't been diagnosed with. My brain was/is/can be a mess.

• I WAS ABLE TO THINK! Delta 8 was able to help me put all of that chaos into manageable little bubbles and calmed me down to a point that I did not feel panic over the never ending sources of stimuli and items on my to-do list. They merely became things that I could push out of the way. Not for good, of course, but I could push them aside to focus on one thing at a time, which I had not been able to do in YEARS.

• THE CALM- the complete lack of raciness, jitters and paranoia. These are things that I never missed.

• Admittedly I experimented with LSD in my college years and I always associated the speediness of some of my smoking experiences with toxic psychedelics. I do not advocate chemicals and if I had it to do all over again I would not have put a known poison into my body even in the interest of mind expansion. After I dropped acid, weed never had that floaty, cloudy, dreamy feeling without first going through the raciness for me. Delta 8 came with zero speediness and was replaced instead with warm fuzzy callllmmmmm.

• HOLY SHIT I WAS HAPPY?!?!?! Happiness had become completely elusive. We were so miserable and war torn from constant work that I'm not sure I smiled or laughed for a full calendar year. But holy shit, I couldn't stop smiling. And laughing. And just feeling GOOD. I didn't feel like I was wasting time by taking a break from work. I felt like I was HELPING MYSELF. Helping myself to be better for me and my family and my team.

I can't express all the positive changes that have come from me finding my way back to cannabis. I am a whole person again. I think, I feel, I connect, I sing, I smile, I laugh, I create, I help. Before I drug myself through every day hoping it would be my last. I was in complete and total despair mentally, physically and emotionally. Delta 8 came along like an answer to a prayer and truly did save my life. I have made a lot of vids at this point and I talk about how I do not wish to be intoxicated ever again. That's not a goal for me. My wellness goals are happy, calm, relaxed and functional. Happy is big bonus and I will take it all day long. Thanks for being here. Email us with any questions and we would love to help you choose a product package to meet your wellness needs. Much love Self Love Fam ❤️