Well, I'm a 29 year old male living in the cold ass state of Michigan.
I've been a drug user for more of my life than I haven't and I started very VERY early.
There aren't very many drugs that I haven't done excessively, and a lot of them have gotten me into serious trouble.
Thousands of dollars in fines, being exiled from family events, destroying every relationship I've had, and literally putting myself behind bars. There aren't many things that I haven't completely fucked up with my long history of drug use.
I've tried the whole meeting thing, along with rehab a couple times.
The thing that all of this has made me realize was that I strongly feel like I have to ingest SOME kind of mind altering substance to keep myself as mentally stable as I can be. By that I mean, holding down a job, not blowing all of my money, selling all of my belongings and stealing from every and anyone that I can.
Basically being a productive member of society more or less.
According to the FDA, the completely natural substance that I will be advocating in this post has absolutely no medical benefits and is completely harmful and is not a viable alternative to ANY medication. The truth is, is that they cannot profit from this miracle plant like they can with say... Vicodin, Tramadol, or Fentanyl.
The plant is called Kratom (Mitragyna Speciosa)
It's a plant that grows natively in Thailand and it's closely related to the Coffee plant and the natives of the area have been using it for thousands of years.
They pick the leaves, seperate the veins from the leaves, dry them, and crush them into a very fine powder.
Some people make tea, others mix the powder with yogurt or applesauce and some put the powder into the capsules.
My preferred method of ingestion is in the capsules.
The reasons I use it on an almost daily basis is for its' anxiolytic and anti-depressant properties and of course, it's activity on the opiod receptors.
Yes I'm still using a substance to feel "normal" but, this is the cheapest, and least harmful alternative in my opinion. I can take $50, get some kratom and have more than enough to last me a month. Definitely a much better substance compared to all of the rest.
There are mild withdrawal symptoms, comparable maybe to a codeine withdrawal.
Here are some of the other beneficial properties found in the hundreds of active alkaloids contained in this plant.
Antioxidant
Antiaggregant
Antibacterial
Antidiabetic
Antihepatitic
Anti-inflammatory
Anti-leukemic
Antimutagenic
Antiperoxidant
Antiviral
Anticonvulsant
Cerebrocirculant
Muscle Relaxer
Antidepressant
μ -opioid antagonist
Vasodilator
Antihypertensive
Vasodilator
Immunostimulant
Antimalarial
Analgesic
And as a potential cancer preventative
Anyway, this is my miracle herb, Thanks for reading.
Great post! More people should be willing to learn and consider using alternative methods, especially when prescription drugs are shown as the only option for many people.
Mother Nature provides many different types of herbs that cover many, many ailments :)
Thanks for bringing some awareness to the scene, earlb!
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Yeah, most definitely. Consider following as I will continue posting other alternatives and things that might be up your alley :)
I just followed you too and welcome to steemit!
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Will do, thanks!
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