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ZombieBoobies816 karma

My sister and father are addicts, heroin and oxy. I've already lost my mother, aunt, brother and friend to heroin.

Thank you for writing your article. It was good for to hear that hitting rock bottom isn't the answer. Sometimes I tell myself it is so I feel ok about the distance I have to take with those that I love, but I agree MAT is the direction to push them if they'll let me.

With all that said, as the mother of three teenagers, what can I do to help prevent or catch it in the beginning? We have open discussions and try not to let my family influence what's seen as normal and acceptable but like most parents I often feel like I don't know what I'm doing.

Any advice for parents to help see signs of use or concern in teenagers?

ZombieBoobies204 karma

I can confirm that if people are nice most people in your shoes are nice back. I was rear ended while pregnant, which is t as much fun as it sounds. It was all soft tissue injury that I couldn't treat very well since I was pregnant. After a few phone calls with the adjuster he pretty much said "this is how much this claim would usually settle for". I already knew that because I'd hired a lawyer for a consultation (not to represent me... It was worth that hour to get information and a walk through without having to give him 1/3 of my claim).

We did a little back and forth but we ended up settling for slightly more than the lawyer was expecting. I still remember that adjuster because he was polite and professional. I didn't feel like he was being tricky at all.

ZombieBoobies38 karma

If they sell exclusively CBD then they won't need the same licensing and permits. There are even MLMs that's sell CBD products. But sell ones that have even a 1:10 ratio of THC and you'll get shut down if you're not licensed as a dispensary.

As for personal experience, having at least a little THC helps immensely. I don't like being high but I'm like relief but at that point it's hard to tell if the relief is because you're microdosing THC or if it's the CBD. Same with the topicals I've used. Put arnica in it and all of a sudden it works greats. Spoiler, it's the arnica that's helping.

ZombieBoobies36 karma

She was very much ok. I also had my 6 year old with me. Those crumple zones in modern vehicles really help a lot. It did make my delivery a little more uncomfortable (6 weeks later), I was still pretty sore and such but the settlement helped me take a few more months of time off of work to recover.

ZombieBoobies17 karma

How serious is the connection between weight and arthritis? If you're 50 lbs overweight and 50 years old how much of that ache is arthritis and how much is just being old and fat?