Waves overenthusiastically while hopping from foot to foot 
I'm so glad I clicked on this thread! I just saw it in active and thought 'uh oh, here we go, another ranty frothy thread about drug addicts' and I'm so happy it is the complete opposite!
Namechanged obviously. Nearly 50, been a lightweight smoker (2-3gm a month maybe, 3-4 single skinners a night) for 15 years to get away from presc meds, doing a physical job I love but also brings a lot of aches and pains. Old riding fall injury gives anything from mild to teethclenching pain most days, migraines most of my life from tension. I've been categorised as anxious and depressive most of my life, copious amounts of medication have made little to no difference and it's only in the past few years I've realised it is all situational when I get overwhelmed and ASD ticks so many boxes I might as well have a sign on my head. No supply since Feb when my pensioner friend went to live with his daughter due to impending CV-19 crisis. He and a mate grew a couple of plants a year on an allotment polytunnel and he would reward me for shopping/home help tasks with my green instead of £.
The couple of times I met his friend he was a total creepy lech so I'm not having any dealings with him and I thought my smoking days were over.
Then in May I started to wonder about my pretty secluded, only one neighbour overlooking and I have a couple of sunny corners they can't see, south facing garden, did a lot of reading, and took a chance on buying three seeds. I have never had any luck with houseplants so figured even if only one made it I could have some smoke by Oct/Nov so worth a punt.
Well blow me if Mary, Jo, and Anna aren't thriving and growing like weeds! Potted 28th May, Mary sprouted 1st June, Jo 3rd and Anna 4th. Anna is now ahead and was first to sprout her second true leaf nodes a couple of days ago. And that's after a slight accident during repotting. They all shot up in the first week and I began to worry that they would fall over so I repotted them. Sadly I bent, but didn't break, Anna's stalk and thought it was game over for her but she's come back fighting.
They live on my kitchen window sill overnight and I have the radio play them Classic FM when they are in. On dry days they go out, even when windy as I read that strengthens the stems, and today is their first day of lovely sun after several grotty days and I swear they have grown before my helicopter parent eyes.
I plan to LST for a few weeks (once in veg stage) then switch to 12/12 light as the days naturally get to that. I'm not after big yield or heavy smoke so low height/volume will work for me. I went for a what was described as majority Indica with a bit of Sativa hybrid. 16% THC and I think it was medium for CBD. Blue Hash if that means anything to anyone? Mainly because it was written up as low growing 50-100cm depending on training, and the modest THC would mean lower aroma. I did learn enough to get feminised but somehow did not stumble across autos until after my purchase but hey ho, already planned for next year.
I know it's early days and a long haul to the end but I'm going to give it my best shot. I don't want to be part of the unknown street trade but likewise I don't want to be condemned to constant prescription painkillers/anxiety meds before I have to either.