Yeah I am the same story. Apart from when I harvest my own I tend to buy from the black market. Its always hit and miss. Sometimes I score dank, sometimes its mid's, other times is commercial outdoor when in season.
There was times in my life where I smoked a dime bag a day off the black market. Not after to long I got to the point where a dime bag did nothing to me it was just enough to get rid of my cravings to get high. One day I said
enough was enough. I am sick of spending $300-400 a month on black market weed and where is it getting me???? Granted I would be high another day, but the cost never added up for me. It got so bad at one point
I caught myself making shitty choices and not paying my bills so that I can buy bullshit black market weed.
Now days, and for prob the last 4-5 years I have only smoked what I have grown apart from a few rare occasions. First, I love knowing what it is, how it was grown, with what products, yada yada. Its never a hit or miss thing and it gives me rain's over my tolerance level. My body is the way it is but I can only smoke 3 weeks out of a month. I always take the last 7 days of a month off just to recoup and gain my bearings back. Flush my system and that leads way to no tolerance again. IMO, its human nature to adapt. They longer we feed our bodies with the same meds, the more likely your body is to build a tolerance defense system against it.
One thing I have learned is that it helps to always keep changing strains. Don't work or consume the same variety all the time. Switch it up as much as possible.
Another thing I want to point out that I have noticed over the years is that I really lean towards indica heavy hybrids. Sativa's just don't get me stoned. They give me more of a light day time like buzz. I don't smoke all day, only at night once jobs are done and my feet are up
If I am smoking say Apollo 13 or Super Silver Haze at night I will have to smoke 10x the normal just to get good and stoney
Over time I thought why not try concentrate sativa doms. It worked great for a while and then bam, tolerance build up.
In my times, I have learned that Indica's tend to get the job done way better, way more often, FOR ME
Sativa's just dont give me the effects I need and look for in cannabis. Even when concentrated they dont do the job of a solid indica and the sativa's always give me tolerance build up faster than a Indica.
But through this process it has taught me its not worth spending hard earned dollar for a unknown black market product. When I only depend on what I can supply myself with, I have way less of a tolerance than smoking a black market dime bag a day, everyday, 365.