Well after eight nights with various levels and types of insomnia, I had two amazing great sleep nights. As I noted above, this was the longest period of bad sleep in any cannabreak over the last 20 or so years. I did try over the counter sleep aids and melatonin, but they weren't much help. I wonder if its because of the increased strength of the newly legal weed or the fact that I vape really strong concentrates in the evening. Nonetheless, the last two nights I finally slept really well. Last night I had some of the weirdest most amazing dreams of my life: I was a senior officer in the Navy after Pearl Harbor, helping to plan naval strategy. Though I'm a history buff and studied the War in the Pacific 50 years ago, I've never had a dream even remotely like this. It continued for several cycles of waking and then falling back into dreamland. Really weird.
I feel great getting most of the cannabis out of my brain for 10 days and clearing what I picture as a resin film out of my lungs. Also solved the real life problem that sent me into cannabreak. Other than trouble sleeping, only other negative of this break is losing some of my enjoyment for music, which is important in my life and seems associated with dope after more than fifty years of combining the two. Yesterday, to treat myself for a successful cannabreak, I drove an hour each way through the mountains where I live and treated myself to a pastrami sandwich and a couple of brewskis at my favorite restaurant/brewpub. Snow headed this way this afternoon and I'm planning on breaking my cannabreak and vaping some of the fantastic stuff I have and spending the evening playing music. Nice to feel a bit more in control of my life, now looking forward to a couple of nice strong tokes! Good luck to everyone else who's trying to find some balance.
