Your Substance Use Makes Sense. (It's an attempt to care for ourselves.)

Our whole culture encourages us to “do do do,” and sometimes we think that if we can just be more productive, we will access well-being.

But our brains need warmth and resonance. When we have experienced traumatic experiences, our endocannabinoid system floods the body with endogenous cannabinoids to attempt to flush the memory away.

So there’s a strong link between the way the brain tries to take care of itself, and how we might be using cannabis to regulate and calm us after something difficult has happened, whether in the past or the present.

Addiction makes sense, and its a heavy-handed solution because of how long external substances stay in the brain.

ourselves.)