For years, cannabis has been sold as a gentle escape: a plant, not a pill; a remedy, not a risk. Yet for thousands of heavy or long-term users, especially those who started young, it’s quietly turning into a trap called Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome. Their lives shrink around the fear of the next attack. Jobs are lost. Relationships strain. Trust in their own body evaporates as every meal, every smoke session, feels like a countdown.
What makes CHS so cruel is the betrayal. The same drug people leaned on for anxiety, sleep, or pain becomes the thing that breaks them. Many cling to denial, cycling through diets, cleanses, and new strains, desperate to keep their ritual alive. Healing begins only when someone finally says the unthinkable out loud: it’s the weed. Letting go isn’t just quitting a habit; it’s choosing to believe that life can feel safe again.