Ngakhale palibe yankho limodzi lolondola, Warner, yemwe adachira atalandira thandizo kuchokera ku AA, chikhulupiriro chatsopano, ndi CBD.
Pali zambiri zachilengedwe zochizira thanzi. Kwa Warner yemwe adapezeka ndi Matenda a Lyme, CBD ndichinthu chomwe chimathandiza ndi zowawa ndi zina zambiri.
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“Pamene ndakhala pakali pano, ndimaona anthu atakhala pansi n’kudzibaya jekeseni mankhwala osokoneza bongo,” akutero Andrew Warner ali m’galimoto yake yodzaza ku New Hampshire. Kunja kukugwa mvula, ndipo Warner, wazaka 46, akutenga nthawi yopuma pantchito yake ngati wogwirizira zaumoyo wapagulu ku Better Life Partners komanso omwe adayambitsa pulogalamu yosinthira singano mongodzipereka.
"Nthawi zonse ndimakhala ku Manchester ndikuchita zokopa alendo," akutero. "Masiku ano, ndasiya kumwa mopitirira muyeso ndipo ndikupereka makondomu ndi lube ndi Narcan (chifukwa cha mankhwala owonjezera mwadzidzidzi) ndi zida za jakisoni zotetezeka."
Akakhala kuti palibe m’misewu, amakagula mashopu m’paki kwinakwake kumene anthu amatha kusinthanitsa majakisoni akale n’kuikamo oyera. Imateteza singano zogwiritsidwa ntchito m'ngalande ndi m'mphepete mwa misewu ndikuteteza ogwiritsa ntchito jekeseni popewa matenda a Hepatitis C ndi HIV. Bungwe lake limapereka suboxone ngati chithandizo chamankhwala kwa ogwiritsa ntchito heroin kuti athandizire kulakalaka ndi kusiya. Amaperekanso chithandizo chamagulu kuti athandize anthu kuti achire, chithandizo cha anzawo, komanso kasamalidwe kamankhwala amisala kwa anthu omwe ali ndi vuto lamisala. Warner amalumikiza anthu ku chithandizo, kapena ngati akungofuna kuti wina alankhule naye, ali pamenepo.
Asanayambe pulogalamu ya Manchester, Warner adagwira ntchito ndi kusinthana kwa singano ku Cambridge, Mass., Kumene anali ndi epiphany.
"Ndinali ngati, 'O Mulungu wanga. Ngati ndingathe kuchita zimenezi kwa moyo wanga wonse, moyo wanga ungakhale wodabwitsa,’” akutero.
Anati CBD imamuthandiza kugwira ntchito yake.
Warner ndi wokonda kupalasa njinga, woyimba gitala, woyimba komanso mwamuna. Ndipo akuchiranso ku mankhwala osokoneza bongo mwiniwake. Mofanana ndi nkhani zambiri zosokoneza bongo, yake ndi imodzi mwa zochitika zowonjezereka zomwe zinayambitsa kudalira kwathunthu.
Pamene Warner anali wamng'ono, ankagwiritsa ntchito chamba ndi psychedelics posangalala. Analowa mu Boston rave scene ndipo anayamba kuyesa ecstasy ndi ketamine. Koma anali mankhwala ovomerezeka ndi dokotala amene anasokoneza moyo wake.
Warner adalumphira ku Boston. Oukirawo anathyola nsagwada.
“Ndinayamba kumwa mapiritsi a ululu. Ndinkawapezadi,” akutero.
Posakhalitsa, adasamukira ku New Hampshire ndipo adachita ngozi yagalimoto yoyambitsidwa ndi nswala. Mlingo wake udachuluka ndipo chizoloŵezicho chinayamba kugwira ntchito.
Warner anali kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ake opweteka ndi cocaine ndi benzodiazepines. Inali nthawi imeneyo pomwe Purdue Pharma, wopanga mankhwala kumbuyo kwa oxycontin adatulutsa piritsi lotulutsa pang'onopang'ono la 80-milligram. Chifukwa mapiritsi sanathe maola 12 athunthu monga akugulitsidwa, ogulitsa mankhwala a Purdue anauza madokotala kuti awonjezere mlingo. Posakhalitsa amayi akumidzi adasanduka zidakwa za heroin.
"Oxy 80s inachitika, ndipo ndinalibe chitetezo chowatsutsa. Bambo anga anamwalira ndipo mkazi wanga panthawiyo anandisiya,” akutero. "Ndizo basi zomwe ndimadziwa - kudzuka, ndimwe mankhwala osokoneza bongo - chifukwa ndinadzimva chisoni kwambiri ndi zonse zomwe zinachitika."
Warner adaledzera ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo mu 2010 mothandizidwa ndi AA, chikhulupiriro chatsopano, ndi udzu wambiri. Moyo wake unali wovuta kwambiri. Anali wathanzi. Koma ankadziwanso kuti ayenera kusiya kusuta chamba. Masiku ake anatheratu ndi ichi. Anaponyedwa miyala dzuwa mpaka kulowa kwa dzuwa.
Kuyambira 2013 mpaka 2015, adakhala ndi nthawi yayitali yodziletsa kwathunthu. Zonsezo zinasintha pamene anadwala matenda a Lyme amene sanazindikiridwe kwa chaka chimodzi. Matenda obisika a nkhupakupa amalowa m'magazi ndi mabakiteriya a Borrelia. Maperesenti makumi asanu ndi atatu a nthawi yomwe madokotala amapereka mankhwala opha tizilombo ndipo amatha, koma 20 peresenti ya anthu amadwala kwa nthawi yaitali. Zizindikiro zimawonekera mosiyana mwa anthu osiyanasiyana. Zimayambitsa kutupa m'malo olumikizirana mafupa ndi minofu. Itha kuwononga ubongo, kuyambitsa zovuta za neuro, kufa kwa nkhope, komanso mawonekedwe ena.
Chithandizo chimayambira "chili m'mutu mwanu" kupita ku veganism kupita ku maantibayotiki osatha.
"Sizikuphunziridwa kwenikweni, makampani a inshuwaransi yazaumoyo sakufuna kulipira, chifukwa chake ndizinthu izi pomwe mamiliyoni aku America akuvutika nazo ndipo sakudziwa zomwe zikuchitika," akutero. "Palibe chithandizo cholimba cha izi."
Madokotala nthawi zambiri amalembera odwala a Lyme opiates ndi mankhwala ena opweteka, omwe sanali njira kwa Warner. Anabwerera ku THC.
"Ndidauzidwa ndi madokotala kuti, uyenera kumwa chamba chachipatala, zidzakuthandizani. Zili ngati usana ndi usiku, "akutero Warner.
Ubale wake ndi ululu udasinthidwa ndi cannabis. Cannabinoids imalumikizana ndi dongosolo la endocannabinoid la thupi, lomwe limayang'anira kuwunikira ndi kuzindikira kwa ululu, komanso ntchito zina.
Ngakhale kuti chamba chinachita zodabwitsa kwa Lyme wake, mbali yake yosokoneza bongo inayambiranso.
“Kutengeka maganizo kwa ine kumabwereranso mwamsanga. Ndidasuta ngati mphindi 5 ndiye zinali ngati, chabwino, ndisuta tsiku lonse monga ndimachitira nthawi zonse. Zimatengera moyo wanga,” akutero.
Warner anatha zaka zingapo zotsatira akuyendayenda padziko lonse—Serbia, Palestine, Greece, ndi mayiko ena. Inem'malo mokhala m'mahostel odzaza ndi zinthu 20, anali ndi anthu okhala nawo aulemu. Kuchira kwake kunam’tsogolera ku Chikristu cha Eastern Orthodox, chipembedzo chachikristu chakale kwambiri. Anali kudumphadumpha kuchoka ku nyumba ya amonke kupita ku nyumba ya amonke, akumalingalira kukhala wamonke.
Moyo wa amonke a Eastern Orthodox ndi wosiyana kwambiri ndi munthu yemwe ali ndi vuto logwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo tsiku ndi tsiku. Amonke amachita kudzimana ndi kusiya zokondweretsa zonse za moyo—zovala, banja, kusangalala ndi chakudya, ndi zikhumbo zina. Ena amakhala m’nyumba za amonke, ena amasankha kudzipatula, ndipo ena amatenga njira yoipitsitsa ya kukhala Opusa kwa Kristu, kukhala ngati munthu wopanda pokhala amene akunamizira kuti wapenga.
“Ntchito yawo ndi kumvera kupempherera dziko lonse lapansi,” iye akutero.
Komabe, motalikirana ndi misewu ya ku Boston ndi nyumba ya amonke ya ku Palestine ingaonekere, mukhoza kuyerekezera amonke ndi munthu amene ali ndi vuto logwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Chimodzi ndi kusankha kukhala moyo ndi mwambo ndi chikhulupiriro. Winayo ndi wodzipereka, koma ku chinthu chomwe chimachotsa kusankha.
Iye anati: “Ndimachoka kwa munthu amene sanaledzere n’kupita kwa munthu amene amadzuka 5 koloko m’mawa n’kusuta udzu, n’kubwerera kukagona, kudzuka pa 7, n’kumasuta fodya, n’kumapita kuntchito.
Kunyumba za amonke, miliri ya usiku wonse imatsatiridwa ndi kugona kwa maola angapo m’maŵa m’maŵa, utumiki wa m’maŵa, kugwira ntchito m’nyumba ya amonke, utumiki wamadzulo, ndiye kupumula kwina kwaufupi kusanayambe mwambo wa usiku wonse usanayambe.
"Ndinkagwiritsa ntchito poyenda, koma osati ku nyumba za amonke chifukwa sindimamva bwino," akutero. Mukhoza kusuta ndi kumwa zina mwa izo, koma osati mopitirira muyeso. Ndipo kwa ena a iwo, zidzaipidwa ndithu.”
Pambuyo pake adasiya zabwino mu 2018 ali ku Serbia. Mnzake anali panjira kuti akamubweretsere udzu pomwe Warner adaganiza kuti wamaliza.
"Zolakwika zamakhalidwe olakwika zimakula. Ndine wodzikonda kwambiri, wodzikonda. Zotsatira zoyipa zokhala ndi vuto lokonda chizolowezi choledzeretsa sizinapose mapindu a chamba chachipatala kwa ine,” akutero.
Amonke analimbikitsa Warner kuti apite kukagwira ntchito ndi anthu omwe akulimbana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo ku United States, kumene Lyme yake inali yofooketsa kwambiri. Zizindikiro zake zidasiyidwa ali kunja. Mwachitsanzo, ali ku Greece, zakudya zopatsa thanzi, mankhwala azitsamba, komanso kukhala ndi moyo wopanda nkhawa zinathetsa zizindikiro zake kwa miyezi 8. Koma pamaulendo ake osiyanasiyana obwerera, Lyme yake inayaka ndegeyo itangofika pamtunda.
Mankhwala opweteka sanali njira. THC sinalinso njira. Warner adayenera kudziwa momwe angachitire. Anayamba kugwiritsa ntchito CBD.
"Sindidwala kwambiri nthawi zonse, ndipo ilibe zigawo zoyipa za THC," akutero. Mlingo wokwanira wokwanira, akuti CBD ndi CBG zimamupatsa zotsatira zochepetsera zowawa ngati chamba.
"Zina mwa izi (malingaliro amomwe) zimati muyambe ndi ma milligram 4. Ndili ngati, HAHAHA, ndikufuna ma milligram 150. Ndipo sindiye amene ndimakonda kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo,” akutero. "Kwa ine, mankhwala (zotsatira) amachokera ku 100 milligrams, 150 milligrams panthawi, kangapo patsiku."
Akuganiza kuti ambiri odwala ululu sakupeza zotsatira chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa mlingo. Anthu omwe angakonde china chake chosagwiritsa ntchito psychoactive ndi chamba chachipatala chifukwa amaganiza kuti ndi chinthu chokhacho chomwe chimagwira ntchito. Kuphatikiza apo, mtengowo umalepheretsa anthu ambiri kusankha CBD ngati dongosolo lalitali.
Nthawi zina Warner amapita masiku opanda CBD. Nthawi zina kugwiritsa ntchito kwake kumakhala kolemera kwambiri. Amasuta maluwa, amagwiritsa ntchito Extract Labs ma tinctures a sipekitiramu, ndi ma vapes - zonse zimabwera ndi zovuta zapadera m'munda wake.
Amafuna kuyesa ma concentrates chifukwa cha mphamvu zawo, koma ndi chinthu chomwe amayenera kuchita payekha. Kugwira ntchito molakwika, ma optics a vaping kapena kusuta hemp amatha kupereka malingaliro olakwika. Ngakhale tincture ndi chotchinga chifukwa iye safuna mpweya wake fungo ngati udzu. Koma amagwira ntchito mozungulira.
"CBD inandithandizadi kwambiri kuti ndiyambe kusuta fodya, komanso matenda a Lyme chifukwa amandithandiza kuti ndizitha kutuluka ndi kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi komanso ndimatha kuchita zinthu," akutero.
Mbali yomwe Warner amakonda kwambiri pantchito yake ndikumanga chikwama, ndikuchimanga mozungulira tawuni, ndikulumikizana ndi anthu omwe ali ndi zizolowezi zambiri.
"Chomwe ndimakonda kwambiri ndikukhala wogwira ntchito m'misewu ndikumanga ubale ndi anthu," akutero. “Kungodziwitsa anthu oponderezedwa, osatetezedwa adziwe kuti pali wina amene amasamala za iwo ndipo tilipo. Anthu akatitengera zimenezo, zili kwa iwo, koma amadziwa kuti siali okha.”
