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Greenlighter
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I am female, about mid-30s. For ten solid years I smoked cigarettes (half a pack or so daily), smoked weed (I don't know how much - I was high - almost daily), and did meth (smoked/snorted/swallowed, on and off for months at a time). It stopped being fun and I decided it was time to grow up, so I quit all at once and never looked back.
It has now been 10 years and some change since I quit that lifestyle. I am now in excellent health. I eat very well, exercise strenuously several days a week, have a low BMI, great blood pressure and solid blood work, get plenty of sleep, have a family and intellectual pursuits and so on.
I also have a lot of anxiety about how I ravaged my body over those 10 stupid years. I know I've probably greatly upped my cancer risk where it was originally quite low. Is it possible that quitting in my twenties and maintaining a healthy lifestyle ever since has allowed my body to heal? Or have the carcinogens and bad choices doomed me?
I understand this is likely a question without any real answer, but I was wondering if some of the more research-minded folks out there could offer any insight.
It has now been 10 years and some change since I quit that lifestyle. I am now in excellent health. I eat very well, exercise strenuously several days a week, have a low BMI, great blood pressure and solid blood work, get plenty of sleep, have a family and intellectual pursuits and so on.
I also have a lot of anxiety about how I ravaged my body over those 10 stupid years. I know I've probably greatly upped my cancer risk where it was originally quite low. Is it possible that quitting in my twenties and maintaining a healthy lifestyle ever since has allowed my body to heal? Or have the carcinogens and bad choices doomed me?
I understand this is likely a question without any real answer, but I was wondering if some of the more research-minded folks out there could offer any insight.