One thing's for sure, life ain't easy
Growing from a kit is super easy, but it takes a lot longer than 15 days from start to finish. Unless part of the kit is fully colonized mycelium, then I could see 15 days. If you have to wait for it to colonize, you're looking at a couple of months from start to finish.
My buddy and I who are doing the cabin detox pulled the trigger and booked the place yesterday. We're thinking that we're going to eat some mushrooms towards the end of the month.
I'm definitely going to be the caretaker in this situation... I've advised him to taper as much as he can, but I heard he was hitting up my friend for some drugs yesterday. He wants the last hurrah. I get it, I'm pretty proud of myself though, I tapered and got off everything (I'm expecting some insomnia but that's about it) beforehand. He has not done this. We're not going til the 17th, but I'm pretty sure he's going to show up and just have to white-knuckle it. I'm considering asking him to give me his phone until he's not withdrawing anymore. We're not gonna have a car and it's in the middle of nowhere, but I'm not sure if I trust him not to break down and try to call someone. I hope it's not too awful, he has high blood pressure, like really high. I'm a little worried to be honest but he has no insurance, can't afford rehab, and it's do or die for him, his main thing is actually stimulants, the other stuff is to blunt the edges from the stimulants. I need to cut addictive drugs out of my life too, so I agreed to do this with him. He says he wants to make sure to bring 50% to the table and not have this be me taking care of him, but I know it will be. And that's okay, he's one of my dearest friends and I want to be there for him.
I think it's going to be a really positive experience in the end, but I am a little worried. I know I'm gonna be good, but I'm worried for him. And when he gets home he has to figure out whether to stay in his relationship (she uses drugs too and isn't really very supportive of what he's trying to do). I don't think he wants to be in it anymore with her, but they've been together for 4-5 years and her kids want him to adopt them (he would have already but their deadbeat dad is refusing to give up parental rights) and take his last name, he's really close with them, and they're such amazing kids, and about to hit adolescence too. So he's really conflicted about what to do, he feels like he can't leave them, but that the relationship has become toxic. I'm not sure what he's gonna do. It's a lot all at once, I'm going to end up being the therapist. But it's okay because I want to do that for him.
It's gonna be intense, I need to prepare myself. Really glad I got off of phenibut and opioids in advance so I can be the voice of reason while he's suffering.
It’s an interesting read
