I am a long time drug addict and alcoholic. A cursory glance at any of my posts probably reveals a lot about my general character and mental health state...I started smoking weed 14 years ago, near the time I got my GED. The 2 years prior to that had been rough as I saw my dad die when I was 16.
Last night I smoked a bowl and it was like all the venom and craziness was separated out from the rational. I found myself able to sit down and think, without the alters, about what I was doing. How much damage I had done, how I kept deluding myself that my behavior was anything but harmful. I could experience single emotions and process them. I could be "me" for a bit.
"Me" still misses her so much, but was able to actually see things from her perspective. And then, from the perspectives of everyone else we had let down.
I liked "me" on weed. Thoughtful. Not crazy. Able to think positive, compassionately and not be a crazy abusive dbag.