2020 began with a carry over of herb from the previous year that lasted me for about 3 weeks. By the last week of Jan I was out of smokes. Then came Covid and I was out of not just smokes, but also alcohol and beedis. March to June I smoked a bundle of beedis every alternate week and cigarettes if I was unable to procure beedis. I was lucky to come across a bottle of beer once a fortnight.
This situation led me to think about becoming more sustainable in terms of my recreational needs. I decided that now was the time to start the activity that I had planned for some time, the home growing of the cannabis plant. I had seeds that I had collected over the years and I decided that now was a good time to plant at least some of them before they became unusable. Being at one place for months helped me to pursue this activity. I planted some seeds in April and I have described the journey in my study.
From the third week of June, i was getting enough dry bhang leaves to smoke about two joints a day in the ratio of bhang to tobacco of 1:2. These smokes gave a pleasant experience, though not with the full power of ganja, but a bit milder. On a few rare occasions I was able to get enough leaves for 3 joints.
With tobacco supply easing up, i started smoking beedies at about an average of 4 beedies a day. I almost completely avoided smoking cigarettes from June till December. Alcohol drinking from around July increased slightly with the opening of retail liquor outlets. I would pick up a few pints of different beers and some rum around once a month. I drank either a pint of beer or a large of rum on Saturdays and Sundays. This has continued till the end of 2020. The maximum intake of alcohol on a single occasion was about 3 larges of rum and that was only once.
Looking back at 2020, to me it was one of the best years of my life, especially because I took the most important step in my relationship with cannabis. I grew my own herb and the herb lasted me through the year meeting my needs more than sufficiently. This move towards sustainability, cutting off the commercial angle to the herb and also taking active steps to nurture and propagate the plant through my own, albeit limited, actions was highly satisfactory.
I hope to proceed along this current trajectory for as long as I am able to since it approaches an ideal state in the recreational aspects of my life.
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