For regular gummy users please ignore this post. For first timers or people looking to try them take this as an honest review from someone who has never tried:
I took in everyone's input and then just decided to take the entire 25 mg gummy. I concluded half measures don't make sense. I have no responsibilities for the evening so it's full measure time.
I knew if the hunger hit I wanted food on the ready. Grilled some burgers and mushrooms, then made a big shrimp cocktail. Put some peach pasties and cinnamon rolls in the oven. Had the chips and salsa ready. I was set.
Throughout the night I never had this moment where I thought I'm really messed up. It was subtle things I did that said I was in a decent spot.
I called the dogs inside saying the word "breat" instead of "treat." In my mind, I literally thought I was tricking them because they couldn't tell the difference. I believed I didnt owe them a treat. I began laughing at myself.
I spent about an hour flipping through countless clips of guitar solos from the 80s and 90s. I caught myself studying strum hand fingering positionings. I began laughing at myself.
Made peach pastries. Was upset we were out of whip cream, but instantly felt joy when I knew we had vanilla ice cream. Put ice cream in bowl and started cutting the peach pastries into slices over the ice cream with my kitchen scissors. I stopped cutting and just started laughing because this got way too fancy fast.
I spent prolly 30 minutes individually holding each one of my 7 lbs dogs scratching their head and looking into their eyes. I was trying to figure out which one loves me the most. I had quite a few tender moments eye gazing with each one. I began laughing at myself.
Scrolled my feed and saw a quote, "Sobriety is when your children look at you and trust what they see." Hit me hard. Spent the next 45 minutes wondering if I was a good father. I began laughing at myself.
I spent prolly 30 minutes staring at the food in my kitchen in the eyes of how much protein is in each item. I concluded protein is everywhere but some items have way more. I began laughing at myself.
I think overall the experience was quite nice. Just put me in nice state of mind. So calm. It's just way different then back in the day getting stoned. Back in the day when you got stoned, you had an immediate physical response, followed by moments screaming I'm so high. I never felt this with the gummy. These gummies are like a slow cooking crock pot. A wonderful and gradual increase in calmness. The calmness was just so relaxing. Bottom line, I just felt silly and wanted to laugh, but also felt like a really smart deep thinker. I can see these being helpful to people with stress. Also, I'm fit and really watch my calories. I ate more calories last night then last week combined. It was embarrassing how much I ate. These gummies will add weight to you. No question.
These were Delta-9s, right? I would still start with 5mg when you move to the regular THC gummies.
Also, if one doesn't want to get too sleepy/tired, then you need to partake in a sativa strain product. Sativa = social. indica = "in da couch".
Vape pens are great, well for ease of use and discretion. The 1g carts that I get usually last me about a week/week and a half. So, $25-50/week depending on quality is a pretty good bargain. My local dispensary just ran a "buy 2, get a 3rd for $0.01" deal for the medium priced ($25 each) carts that I get.
