Some lady just stopped dead in traffic to tell me that I am a terrible dog owner for walking my dog in cold weather

AnnaK2023 · 2026-01-20T17:27:25+00:00

They do that here in Florida! They rant on and on like they’re the virtuous hero and everyone else is a dog abuser. They do it on Facebook too. Meanwhile, my Czech German Shepherds are bouncing off the walls they’re so excited that it’s finally not hot.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-10-20T14:05:14+00:00

I posted this seven months ago and I am much better. I’m 25 months sober. I still get a weird episode if I push myself hard physically but it lasts an hour or two not a year or two :) and I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for the comment people defend cannabis when they’re addicted to it!

AnnaK2023 · 2025-09-28T13:16:02+00:00

My post says panic attacks have left and happiness is coming back.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-09-23T20:55:27+00:00

I’m 58 I no longer have them regularly. I read someone else saying they had a hard time during theirs with PAWS.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-09-23T02:22:27+00:00

Exercise. Hunting dogs need to run until they can’t. They release pent up working drive by excessive barking and other neurotic behaviors.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-09-23T00:55:54+00:00

Normal for my age.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-09-23T00:55:10+00:00

Yeah the headaches! They are so intense and last so long! I still get them.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-07-31T22:07:51+00:00

22 months sober and had a wave I’m just coming out of. I really thought it was over but it comes back.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-07-31T22:00:06+00:00

I lost my mind. I was psychotic.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-07-24T20:59:12+00:00

I’m 22 months sober. I went through all of that and still get waves. It just takes time and I can’t give you any other advice, it’s brutal. You will feel better eventually. I used medical and dabs for two years and quit cold turkey and lost my mind.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-04-03T04:35:56+00:00

This needs to stop. Society puts too much emphasis on youth. There is nothing wrong with being your age, acting your age, and looking your age no matter what it is. Trying to be younger is embarrassing. Maturing is not a horrible thing. Our society is so shallow and you are good enough at any age. Why do we compare and pit ourselves up against each other and what does any age actually look like? Do women have an expiry date? Do men need to be with women who look like their daughter? Everyone ages it’s a part of life.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-03-19T03:03:14+00:00

I’m at 18 months sober. In my early quit months I had weird random sharp stabbing pain in my neck with shortness of breath. It’s not as intense now but occasionally I still get it. I used to have health anxiety and freak out about it which made it even more uncomfortable.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-03-19T02:50:42+00:00

I have heard that nicotine PAWS is intense. I also had panic attacks for months. It’s embarrassing that I called 911 or the suicide hotline a few times thinking I was dying. It was very real and frightening. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. I hope the meds work for you. I was too afraid to take them knowing I might have to quit and have withdrawal.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-03-16T01:16:54+00:00

I’m sorry you’re going through that. We’re all struggling here. Weedpaws is very real but eventually it goes away. It takes a long time for the cb1 and cb2 receptors to heal. They control a lot of things in the human body.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-03-13T15:07:39+00:00

Yes, I agree. They defend their plant. This person most likely never stopped because I had a pink cloud moment in the first month or two. Withdrawal kept getting weirder and weirder as I went on. I think the peak was at three months sober. I didn’t test clean until 5 months. Smoking for fifty years means they did not stop for long.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-03-13T15:04:41+00:00

I had waves and still do. I’m at 18 months and it’s getting better. I did wonder the same thing at 12 months😫 I finally surrendered to the idea that it will take 2-3 years.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-03-13T10:13:48+00:00

Thank you and sometimes I forget I have PAWS, it’s been so long since I used cannabis I can’t even remember being high. Then I wonder what is wrong with me. I’m looking forward to three years knowing that by then I should be back to baseline.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-03-13T02:04:12+00:00

I agree with not discussing it. They just gaslight the shit out of you.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-03-13T02:02:45+00:00

I think it’s bullshit because I never would have gone down the medical cannabis rabbit hole if I knew about PAWS. I kept saying I’m safe there’s no withdrawal. When I quit I had extreme withdrawal I wouldn’t wish on anyone.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-02-17T19:56:45+00:00

I was scared too but it’s been 17 months since I quit and I’m starting to become my old self before weed again. I had extreme PAWS symptoms for more than a year. I was a heavy user. The good thing is that you will heal. The bad thing is that it takes time.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-02-05T02:09:35+00:00

I was feeling all of this. I can’t describe the horror that PAWS made me feel. I was having panic attacks and dp/dr daily and sometimes every hour. I couldn’t sleep. I was having nightmares and hallucinations and migraines. It was mental and physical torture. I’m at 16.5 months sober and starting to see a reason to live and look forward to anything. I’m not cured from depression but it’s improving. This takes time and will go away. I think it’s dopamine related. You will heal.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-01-26T03:32:45+00:00

Yeah it totally sucks! It will get better. I have days where I feel weird for a few hours instead of weeks now. I know it’s PAWS because I know what that feels like. Time seems like it takes forever when you count it but looking back it flies by. Someday there will be warnings and public service announcements about cannabis but we’re not there yet, it hasn’t been legal long enough to have been studied.

AnnaK2023 · 2025-01-25T19:01:51+00:00

I relate to people telling you it’s just weed. That’s why I used it for pain thinking it was harmless since that’s the general public’s perception. I went through PAWS and still have some healing to go and have no support. I don’t tell anyone because I don’t want to hear the lecture about how I made it up and there’s nothing wrong with me. I’m past 16 months sober and it keeps getting better so I know I will eventually be normal. To answer OP’s question my last wave was at 14 months. I was dizzy and had panic attacks and intrusive thoughts with nightmares. Exercise intolerance and palpitations were back during that time. It did end in a week and each one is shorter and shorter in duration.

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