Alexandre's story: THC vs CBD

Today, Cali Weed presents the testimonial of Alexandre, a 29-year-old who wanted to share his experience with CBD in an interview. Alexandre has successfully weaned himself off illegal products with high THC content, and today he tells us how CBD helps him on a daily basis.

Hello Alexandre, first of all, thank you for answering a few questions about your current CBD consumption. I'll let you introduce yourself if you don't mind?

🎙Bonjour la équipe, merci pour cette interview, c'est agréable de pouvoir échanger sur un sujet sensible de ma vie, vous êtes bien placé pour en parler alors je suis content de pouvoir échanger avec vous. So my name is Alexandre, I'm 29 and I've been smoking cannabis with a high THC content in flower form since I was 17. This hasn't stopped me from having a pretty "normal" life, if I may say so, despite the number of different jobs I've had over the years. Today, I work as a letter carrier and I quite enjoy it, interacting with people on my bike rides and doing some sport at the same time. It's quite nice for me.

Can you tell us why there are so many different jobs?

🎙With today's society allowing us to try lots of different things, I've absolutely wanted to change direction several times, but deep down there was also a pretty clear reason, I stopped my studies early. I'm very happy with what I'm doing today, but I tell myself that I missed the boat when I was in high school. I didn't pursue my studies and ended up in a rather precarious situation afterwards, often changing jobs.

Do you think you had a problem in high school that led you not to continue your studies?

🎙going out, girls and finally, every time I had a cigarette, I smoked a cannabis firecracker. This combination, which I regret on the one hand, made my high school years super fun, but today I can bite my fingers off about my job.

Okay, I understand, but you still could have continued your studies, couldn't you?

🎙You know, I wanted to several times and each time I found myself in the same psychological spiral.

🎙Would you care to elaborate?

🎙In fact, I smoked so much, my consumption was at times 10 joints a day and in the end, I didn't realize the psychic damage I was doing to my brain. I couldn't motivate myself simply because things were getting too complicated for me and I couldn't accept that it was too hard. So I found excuses that reassured me every time.

Thanks for the clarification Alexandre, I hope it's not too complicated for you to get out?

🎙No it's even pretty funny today, and if it can help other people open their eyes in time well so much the better.

Pretty funny you say? I assume you want to talk about CBD?

🎙Completely, since CBD has been democratized in France I wanted to try it directly for several reasons. The first was for my job and my license, the ball in my stomach every day of losing my license because of THC and no longer being able to go to work. I was also delivering my mail sometimes in a non-lucid state, and that wasn't normal, but at the same time I was addicted, so I gave myself reason. The other main reason was also my cognitive abilities, which I'd been feeling had diminished for a while, and I had the impression that CBD could help me, so I wanted to give it a try, first by ordering from a Swiss site and then from your home! I was a bit puzzled at first because, let's face it, it's not the same effect at all, but at the same time you're not looking for the same high. A real placebo effect worked for me: the taste, the smell, the flavours and all that without getting high, and being able to work and drive with peace of mind. I was quickly won over.

We hear a lot of THC cannabis smokers devaluing CBD. What can you tell us about your daily life and whether CBD is living up to expectations?

🎙Clarity, I often see in Facebook or Instagram posts about CBD people who say that "it's crap". I so don't want to get into the debates on the networks, I'd be wasting my time, but I think today it's a mindset to adopt. These people just don't want to and aren't aware of certain things. Maybe they don't need to keep a clear mind, or their license, or their job.
For a start, I've radically altered my social life, I can really feel my cognitive abilities coming back, and I even feel like going back to school once again, this time with the firm intention of seeing it through.
I'd like to add that this isn't an end in itself for ex-smokers - quite the contrary! I clearly see it as a liberation and at the same time as a springboard for the future. I've been able to take up sport again in a big way, I'm confident in my choices and I'm less self-deprecating.

Thank you Alexandre for explaining a little about your background and your relationship with CBD in this testimonial.

🎙Thanks to you too! It's always interesting to be able to exchange with people who are in the business and understand us and who, above all, will be able to relay my story.

The Cali Weed team