Yize ingekho neyodwa impendulo efanele, u-Warner, umlutha wamaphilisi oselulama uthole usizo ku-AA, ukholo olusha, kanye ne-CBD.
Maningi amakhambi emvelo ezempilo. Ku-Warner okutholwe ukuthi une-Lyme Disease, i-CBD yinto esiza ngobuhlungu nokunye.
I-Better Life Partners kanye nohlelo lokushintshisana ngezinaliti olusekelwe emadolobheni ngezinye zezindlela ongasiza ngazo labo abanenkinga yokulutheka. Bheka ukuthi idolobha langakini linikeza ini namuhla
“Lapho ngihlezi khona manje, ngibona abantu behlezi futhi bejova izidakamizwa,” kusho u-Andrew Warner esemotweni yakhe eminyene eNew Hampshire. Imvula iyana ngaphandle, futhi u-Warner, 46, uthatha ikhefu osukwini lwakhe lomsebenzi njengomxhumanisi wezempilo womphakathi kwa-Better Life Partners kanye nomsunguli wohlelo lokushintshisana ngezinaliti lwedolobha olusekelwe kumavolontiya.
Uthi: “Ngihlala ngiseManchester ngenza umsebenzi wokusiza abantu nge-backpack. "Namuhla, ngihoxise ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa ngokweqile futhi ngikhipha amakhondomu nelube kanye ne-Narcan (yezidakamizwa eziphuthumayo) kanye nezinto zokujova eziphephile."
Uma engekho emigwaqweni, uzovula isitolo epaki endaweni ethile lapho abantu bengashintshanisa khona imijovo emidala bathole ehlanzekile. Igcina izinaliti ezisetshenzisiwe zingangeni kudoti nangaphandle kwemigwaqo futhi igcina abasebenzisa umjovo bephephile ngokuvikela i-Hepatitis C kanye ne-HIV. Inhlangano yakhe ihlinzeka nge-suboxone njengendlela yokwelapha yosizo lwezokwelapha kubasebenzisi be-heroin ukuze basize ngezifiso nokuhoxa. Baphinde banikeze ukwelashwa kweqembu ukusiza abantu ukuthi balulame, ukwesekwa kontanga, kanye nokuphathwa kwemithi yengqondo kubantu abanezinkinga zempilo yengqondo ezenzeka ngokubambisana. U-Warner uzoxhuma abantu ekwelashweni, noma uma befuna nje othile abangakhuluma naye, ukhona lapho futhi.
Ngaphambi kokwethula uhlelo lwaseManchester, uWarner wasebenza ngokushintshana ngenaliti eCambridge, Mass., Lapho ayene-epiphany.
“Ngangithi, ‘Oh nkosi yami. Uma ngingakwenza lokhu impilo yami yonke, impilo yami ingaba emangalisayo,'” usho kanje.
Uthi i-CBD iyamsiza ekwenzeni umsebenzi wakhe.
UWarner ungumgibeli wamabhayisikili, umdlali wesiginci, umculi nomyeni okhuthele. Futhi useyalulama nasekusebenziseni izidakamizwa yena. Njengezindaba eziningi zokulutha, eyakhe ingesinye sezehlakalo ezihlanganisayo ezigcine ziholele ekuncikeni ngokuphelele.
Lapho u-Warner esemncane, wayesebenzisa insangu nama-psychedelics ngokuzijabulisa. Wangena endaweni ye-rave yase-Boston futhi waqala ukuhlola i-ecstasy ne-ketamine. Kodwa kwakuyimithi engokomthetho ayeyinikezwe udokotela eyadala umonakalo omkhulu ekuphileni kwakhe.
UWarner wagxumela eBoston. Abahlaseli bamphule imihlathi.
“Ngaqala ukwenza amaphilisi ezinhlungu. Nakanjani bengibadlula,” usho kanje.
Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wathuthela eNew Hampshire futhi wangena engozini yemoto eyabangelwa inyamazane. Imithamo yakhe yanda kwase kuba umlutha.
UWarner ubesebenzisa imithi yakhe yobuhlungu ne-cocaine nama-benzodiazepines. Kwakungaleso sikhathi lapho i-Purdue Pharma, umenzi wezidakamizwa ngemuva kwe-oxycontin ekhiphe ithebhulethi ekhishwa kancane engu-80-milligram. Ngenxa yokuthi amaphilisi awazange ahlale amahora angu-12 agcwele njengoba adayiswa, abadayisi bemithi yakwaPurdue batshele odokotela ukuthi banyuse umthamo. Ngokushesha omama basemadolobheni base bephenduka imilutha ye-heroin.
“I-Oxy 80s yenzeke, futhi angizange ngikwazi ukuzivikela kubo. Ubaba washona kwathi unkosikazi wami wangishiya ngaleso sikhathi,” usho kanje. “Yilokho nje engangikwazi—ukuvuka, sebenzisa izidakamizwa—ngoba ngangiphatheke kabi ngakho konke okwenzekile.”
U-Warner waphaphatheka ezidakamizwa ezinzima ngo-2010 ngosizo oluvela ku-AA, ukholo olusha, kanye nethoni yokhula. Impilo yakhe yayingemnandi. Wayengumqemane. Kodwa futhi wayazi ukuthi kwakudingeka ayiyeke insangu. Izinsuku zakhe zase ziphelile yikho. Wakhandwa ngamatshe kwaze kwashona ilanga.
Kusukela ngo-2013 kuya ku-2015, waba nesikhathi esifushane sokuhluzeka okuphelele. Konke lokho kwashintsha lapho ethola isifo iLyme esingazange sitholakale unyaka wonke. Isifo esicashile esithwalwa umkhaza sithelela igazi ngamagciwane e-Borrelia. Amaphesenti angu-20 esikhathi odokotela bebeka ama-antibiotics futhi ayaphela, kodwa abantu abangamaphesenti angu-XNUMX baba iziguli zesikhathi eside. Izimpawu zivela ngendlela ehlukile kubantu abahlukene. Kubangela ukuvuvukala emalungeni nasemisipha. Ingahlasela ubuchopho, ibangele izinkinga ze-neuro, ukukhubazeka kobuso, kanye nokunye ukubonakaliswa.
Ukwelashwa kusuka “kusekhanda lakho” kuye kwi-veganism kuye kuma-antibiotic angapheli.
“Akufundelwa ngempela, izinkampani zomshuwalense wezempilo azikuthandi ukukukhokhela, ngakho-ke kuwuhlobo lwale nto lapho izigidi zabantu baseMelika zihlushwa yikho futhi abazi ukuthi kwenzekani,” usho kanje. "Akukho ukwelashwa okuqinile ngakho."
Odokotela bavame ukunikeza abagulayo i-Lyme ama-opiates neminye imithi yobuhlungu, okwakungeyona inketho ka-Warner. Wabuyela kuTHC.
“Ngatshelwa odokotela ukuthi kufanele uphuze insangu, izokusiza kakhulu. Kufana nobusuku nemini,” kusho uWarner.
Ubudlelwano bakhe nobuhlungu baguquka ne-cannabis. Ama-cannabinoids asebenzisana nesistimu ye-endocannabinoid yomzimba, enesibopho sokulawula ukubonakaliswa kobuhlungu nokubona, kanye neminye imisebenzi.
Ngenkathi insangu isebenzela uLyme wakhe izimanga, uhlangothi lwakhe oluluthayo lwaphinde lwavela.
“Ukuzifela ngami kuyabuya ngokushesha. Ngayibhema njengemithi imizuzu emi-5 kwase kuba sengathi, Kulungile, ngizobhema usuku lonke njengoba ngijwayele ukwenza. Kuthatha ukuphila kwami,” usho kanje.
UWarner wachitha iminyaka embalwa eyalandela ejikeleza imbulunga yonke—iSerbia, iPalestine, iGreece, namanye amazwe. Iesikhundleni sokuhlala emahostela agcwele ubhaka 20-somethings, wayenabanye ahlala nabo abahloniphekile. Inqubo yakhe yokululama yamholela ebuKristwini Bobu-Orthodox BaseMpumalanga, inkolo yobuKristu endala kunazo zonke. Wayegxuma esuka esigodlweni sezindela eya esigodlweni sezindela, ecabangela ukuba yindela ngokwakhe.
Ukuphila kwezindela ze-Eastern Orthodox kuhluke kakhulu kumuntu onenkinga yokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa usuku nosuku. Izindela ziyazincisha futhi zidedela zonke izinjabulo zokuphila—izingubo zokugqoka, umndeni, ukujabulela ukudla, nezinye izifiso. Abanye bahlala esigodlweni sezindela, abanye bakhetha ukuzihlukanisa, abanye bathatha indlela eyeqisayo yokuba Isiwula SikaKristu, bephila njengomuntu ongenakhaya ozenza uhlanya.
Uthi: “Umsebenzi wabo uwukulalela ukuthandazela umhlaba wonke.
Nokho, ngokuqhelelana kwemigwaqo yaseBoston nesigodlo sezindela sasePalestine kungase kubonakale, ungathola ukuqhathanisa phakathi kwendela nomuntu onenkinga yokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa. Okukodwa ukukhetha ukuphila impilo nesiyalo nokholo. Enye izinikele ngendlela efanayo, kodwa entweni esusa ukukhetha.
“Ngisuka kumuntu ongaphuzile ngiye kovuka ngo-5 ekuseni abheme, abuyele embhedeni, avuke ngo-7, abheme, aye emsebenzini,” usho kanje.
Ezigodlweni zezindela, imilindelo yobusuku bonke ilandelwa wukulala amahora ambalwa ekuseni, inkonzo yasekuseni, ukusebenza esigodlweni sezindela, inkonzo yakusihlwa, bese kuba okunye ukuphumula okufushane ngaphambi kokuba kuqale futhi inkonzo yokukhulekela ebusuku.
“Ngangisebenzisa njengoba ngihamba, kodwa angikaze ngizibonele ezindlini zezindela njengoba ngangingazizwa kahle,” usho kanje. “Empeleni ungabhema futhi uphuze kwezinye zazo, kodwa hhayi ngokweqile. Futhi kwezinye zazo, bekuzonyanyeka ngokuqinisekile. ”
Wagcina eyeke kahle ngo-2018 eseSerbia. Umngane wayesendleleni ezomphathela ukhula ngesikhathi u-Warner enquma ukuthi useqedile.
“Iziphambeko zabalingiswa ezingezinhle ziyakhula. Ngiyazicabangela mina, ngiyazifunela mina. Imiphumela engemihle yokuba semilungwini esebenzayo ayizange ibe ngaphezu kwezinzuzo zensangu yezokwelapha kimi,” usho kanje.
Izindela zakhuthaza uWarner ukuthi ayosebenza nabantu abalwa nokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa e-United States, lapho iLyme yakhe yayimthena amandla kakhulu. Izimpawu zakhe zathuliswa ngenkathi ephesheya. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho eseGreece, ukudla okunempilo, uhlobo lwemithi, nokuphila ukuphila okungenangcindezi kwasusa izimpawu zakhe izinyanga ezingu-8. Kodwa ohambweni lwakhe oluhlukahlukene lokubuya, iLyme yakhe yavutha ngokushesha nje lapho indiza ifika endaweni yetiyela.
Imithi yezinhlungu bekungeyona inketho. I-THC yayingaseyona inketho. UWarner kwadingeka athole ukuthi kufanele aziphathe kanjani. Waqala ukusebenzisa i-CBD.
"Angiguli ngaso sonke isikhathi, futhi ayinazo izingxenye ze-THC ezingasebenzi kahle," usho kanje. Ngemithamo ephezulu ngokwanele, uthi i-CBD ne-CBG zimnika imiphumela efanayo edambisa izinhlungu njengensangu.
“Ezinye zalezi (iziphakamiso zomthamo) zithi qala ngama-milligrams ama-4. Ngifana, HAHAHA, ngidinga amamiligremu angu-150. Futhi lokho akuyona ingxenye yami yezidakamizwa,” usho kanje. “Kimina, imithi (imiphumela) ivela kumamiligremu ayi-100, ama-milligram ayi-150 ngesikhathi, izikhathi ezimbalwa ngosuku.”
Ucabanga ukuthi abaningi abaphethwe izinhlungu abayitholi imiphumela ngenxa yokungawusebenzisi kahle umthamo. Abantu abangase bakhethe okuthile okungeyona i-psychoactive stick nensangu yezokwelapha ngoba bacabanga ukuthi yiyona nto kuphela esebenzayo. Futhi, intengo ivimbela abantu abaningi ekukhetheni i-CBD njengohlelo lwesikhathi eside.
Kwesinye isikhathi i-Warner ihlala izinsuku ngaphandle kwe-CBD. Ngezinye izikhathi ukusetshenziswa kwayo kunzima kakhulu. Ubhema imbali, usebenzisa Extract Labs izithako ezigcwele ze-spectrum, nama-vapes-konke kuza nezinselelo eziyingqayizivele emkhakheni wakhe.
Ufuna ukuzama ama-concentrates ngenxa yamandla awo, kodwa yinto okumele ayidabe ngasese. Ukusebenza ngokulutha, i-optics ye-vaping noma i-hemp yokubhema inganikeza umbono ongalungile. Ngisho ne-tincture iyisithiyo ngoba akafuni ukuphefumula kwakhe kunuka ukhula. Kodwa usebenza nxazonke.
“I-CBD yaba neqhaza elikhulu ngempela ekululameni kwami ekubeni yizidakamizwa, kodwa futhi nesifo i-Lyme ngoba ingisiza ngisebenze ezingeni lapho ngingaphuma khona ngizivocavoce futhi ngikwazi ukwenza izinto,” usho kanje.
Ingxenye ayintandokazi kaWarner yomsebenzi wakhe ukubophela ubhaka, awufake inqina edolobheni, kanye nokuxhumana nabantu abasemikhunjini yabo.
“Lokho into engiyithanda kakhulu wukuba wumsebenzi wokusiza abantu emgwaqweni nokwakha ubudlelwano nabantu,” usho kanje. “Ukwazisa nje laba bantu ababukelwa phansi, abanganakiwe ukuthi kukhona umuntu obakhathalelayo futhi sikhona. Uma abantu besithatha ngalokho, kuya kubo, kodwa okungenani bayazi ukuthi ababodwa.”
