I know exactly what you mean - if someone had tried to convince me to stop the first year or two I was on tram - now way. My pain was gone, my mood was good.
But then I had to keep taking more - and it changed - the tram turned on me and instead of giving me energy - it sucked the life out of me. I spent years is a tram fog - numb. Just know when you are ready we are here - we all have to do it when the time is right for us.
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