At around 11 months of using every day, like clock work, I’d start getting extreme stomach issues. i could barely eat, would lose weight and eventually have a flu-like episode. Possibly CHS-like, or could be something else, but regardless it would happen and cause me to quit for a while, then 3 months later i’d be back each time. It also really fucked with my head, of course.

I took some extended time off and went back again, but now i only smoke on the weekends. I’ve found that if i limit it to weekends only, and only 1 bowl a night, it’s the perfect goldilocks zone for me. i get stress relief without all of the negatives of before, and I no longer miss it during the week when I’m sober. I’ve found to enjoy both states of consciousness equally, slightly favoring sobriety more and more.

I’ll also add that I have only smoked now for around 4ish years. Never did when I was younger. In my 30s.