I never wanted to reach a point where I felt prefer I needed medication every single day just to survive. However, it wasn’t my fault that I would end up in this situation. It was a terrible labor accident in my 20s that finally did it to many discs in my spine. Back then I was employed by a landscaping supplier & was on ladders every single day trimming trees for both commercial & resident clients. After many years of doing this without any accidents, it’s easy to overestimate 1’s confidence level with the work. Sadly, 1 day I didn’t have my ladder secured to my tree properly & I went down. I was incredibly lucky that my injuries weren’t enough to take away my ability to walk or recognize anything below my neck or my waist. I got back up again despite the fall, but it meant dealing with back pain on & off for the rest of my life. Sometimes I can get by with just acetaminophen or ibuprofen, but other times I easily need something more than basic over-the-counter medications. I don’t want to get addicted to prescription narcotics either, so I have largely turned down prescriptions to take opiates with this fear at the front of my mind. One of the only things that has absolutely given me relief with my dire back pain is taking strong doses of CBD throughout the day to improve how I feel. The CBD acts on my body’s endocannabinoid plan & relieves that pain that creeps up my back better than any other drug short of a real prescription opiate. At least I’m able to find relief with the CBD by itself if I take enough at any given moment.