My mom was addicted to prescription pills most of her life and the addiction is one of the reasons why we don’t have a good relationship anymore.
We rarely talk on the phone and we don’t visit.
When I was a kid, my mom took a lot of prescription pills. Sometimes she spent all day in bed, even when my sister and I were toddlers. By the time we were eight and ten, my mom had been to rehab and jail a handful of times. It took 5 years of therapy to forgive my mom for her problems. I don’t want to end up like her, so I am very careful not to take any prescription pills that aren’t necessary. When I had surgery on my foot, the pain was excruciating. I really wanted to take something for pain, so my boyfriend found the perfect supplement. He went to a recreational cannabis shop and purchased a one-to-one tincture that has THC and CBD. The recreational cannabis shop told my boyfriend that the tincture would be very helpful for relieving pain and inflammation. I was a little hesitant, but I read some online information about CBD and I realized that this was a better alternative to opioids. I used the tincture every single morning when I got up and took my vitamins. The CBD and THC tincture provides relief for 6 hours. It’s an expensive pain reliever when compared to a prescription medication, but I would rather use a natural remedy like cannabinoids than end up with a prescription pill problem like my mom.