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CONTENTS
PREFACE
You deserve to be having amazing, empowered sex that makes you say Hell yes! Many people are having kind of boring, mediocre sex. They feel trapped by unrealistic expectations of perfection, and they dont realize how common it is to feel that way. There is a lot of shame and fear around sex, which is why it feels complicated and fraught for so many of us. CBD (cannabidiol) and other components of cannabis can help relax those fears and preconceived notions so you can find the bliss thats just waiting to shine through.
I am thirty-three years old and having the most satisfying and empowered sex of my life. Thats a statement I never thought I would be able to make. I mean it without a hint of sarcasm or snark and with absolutely no caveats. Its revolutionary that I am able to enjoy sex in all the ways I do. The reason Im writing this book is because CBD and cannabis helped make that statement possible.
All the things I experienced from childhood through early adulthood led me to have an extremely complicated and fraught relationship with my body and my pleasure. I believed that my value and worthiness as a human were tied to my ability to be sexually pleasing to my partner. I had pain with penetration for years and years, gritting my teeth for the first few minutes of every sexual encounter. I was disconnected from my body and often dissociated during partnered sex, typically as a response to the painful penetration. Doctors didnt know what to tell me. The most helpful ones suggested extensive warm-ups and lots of lube; the least helpful ones suggested numbing sprays. None of the suggestions made an appreciable amount of difference.
I grew up in the 90s, a child of D.A.R.E.