Out of curiousity, and if it is not too inquisitive, how did you girls get started in growing MJ?
For me...
My uncle was a hippy and my father was a smoker, but not a hippy. When I was very young my father had property in a very rural area. He and my uncle grew there most of my childhood.
When I was older and started smoking it fit like a glove to my personality. Absolutely loved it. After many years of smoking, I kept seeing and hearing about the new strains like White Widow, Northern Lights, etc. It kind of aggravated me that as long as I have been smoking I didn't have access to those types of strains. As soon as I started looking around for seeds, my mind was made up. From there it went straight to building a box and been growing ever since.
... and the reason I gave the uncle/father backstory is simply to point out the legality and risk may have been lessened in my mind considering I had grown up around grows.
Well I was never into cannabis in my youth, I tried it and it made me sick I never liked it. Now I know I am very sensitive to certain sativas and they make me
feel odd. But because of this I think I may have tried it twice growing up? I went through a drug phase in my 20's and tried most everything but found none really
appealed to me.
I have always suffered from ADHD,and took meds for it until I decided I did not want to take them any longer. I was diagnosed with gall stones in 09 and I was in severe pain.
Had been for months, they attributed it to my gall bladder and took it out assuring me I would recover.
I did not, I have Fibromyalgia and it was undiagnosed at the time. After my pain decreased a tiny bit but persisted they started looking into what else it could be, my Fibro apparently has been here a long
time because I remember the pain in my joints etc but never even really knew much about Fibro. The gabepentin makes me toss and Lyrica made my legs feel like they were burning up
from the inside out.
My neighbor suggested cannabis one day for my Migraine. I was like NO it makes me sick, almost a sick as Morphine. which makes me feel like I'm going to die.
He was like nah there's several kinds. Mine is Medical no chemicals etc. I at the time didn't know the diff between good weed and bad.
I was in so much pain from my migraine I tried it.
My nausea, the light intolerance the pain.. all seemed to just.. ease up and I could function. It was still there my old friend pain, however we had an understanding.I also find the cannabis helps my depressive tendencies.
I used to be on meds for that too and my ADHD.
I found a local canna center, learned all I could, joined forums did reading, did some volunteering at my local cannabis center and met a great man that helped me learn even more. No not met in that sense.. pervs! he became my green mentor.
I have never looked back at traditional medicine and I am now off disability and working 2 jobs and taking online classes. I believe the world should be green for all that need and want it.
Ok I know it's long but there ya go!