5 Ways Cannabis Makes a Life with Anxiety Livable

Cannabis opened up a doorway within my soul.

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I awake, and my stomach drops. Shards of annoyance stick in my gut, prickling me with their incessant sharp edges.

Sometimes, I try to stay in bed to stop the anxiety from overtaking me completely. I wonder if I fall back asleep, will the demons within me be kept at bay for a few moments longer?

But I can never fall back asleep. This is my daily reality: waking up with anxiety.

Some mornings, coffee and Reddit help soothe the savage beasts within my belly. Others, it takes that sweet green leaf, my little friend cannabis, to show me the way to serenity and peace.

There’s something so soothing about packing a bowl: breaking up the buds between my fingers, sticky kief clinging its aftermath; stuffing the buds into my dirty bowl as I inhale the sweet and skunky scent of cannabis. All of the overwhelming sensory details help my mind to know that relief is coming, soon.

I’ve always enjoyed smoking out of glass, and bongs are my personal piece of choice. There’s nothing like taking a huge inhale of that sweet smoke, knowing that all of my worries and cares will soon float away in this cloudy green haze.