Why I Smoke ♡

It all started when I was 17 years old. At the time I was a dance major at my performance art highschool. Working out and dancing everyday was my life and the pride of my life. But one day everything changed when I started learning that my digestive tract had become very fragile. I had been diagnosed with GERD, acid reflux and Hiatal hernia. Which are all pretty common. Except there was one other problem my doctors couldn't diagnose as quickly which was my irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) which was causing me to experience a cycle of pain between the other stress related illnesses. It took a couple years before my doctors knew that it was IBS. None of these illnesses are a death sentence but they are consistent, painful, random and can range anywhere from mild to severe.

After many hospital visits, doctors appointmentsay and medicine trails, I learned I am not the type of person who reacts the best to prescription drugs. I always needed a low dosage in order to function. One day I was reading up on some Astrology (Libra) and Chinese zodiac (1992, year of the Monkey) and I read that people under my sign react better to herbal medical treatments. That gave me the confidence to smoke weed. When you aren't feeling everyone has their opinionsite about what you should be doing. But in truth you are the only one who can heal yourself. Having chronic pain, is a very personal and I wanted to treat it in a way that made me happy. Smoking weed put me on the right track toward organic medicine and I've never looked back.