“Within a half hour I was already centered and much less bothered.”

Yet, nobody has the heart to tell these precious youngsters to stop screaming all night because they are either afraid of them, or subscribe to the old adage of “kids will be kids.” I was both afraid of them and accepting of the fact that they are children. Therefore, my only real recourse was a sleep aid strong enough to dull the shrieks of pre-pubescent fangirls singing Adele in the key of a broken foghorn. This is where Healist's Advanced Natural’s Sleep Drops come into the picture.

I took about 2ml for a total of around 40mgs of CBD. This was a lot more than I usually take, but drastic times call for drastic measures. (It’s not really that drastic. Though had it been 40mgs of THC, it would have been an entirely different story.) Within fifteen minutes of administering these peppermint flavored drops, I could hear the screams of the children fade into the background. And within a half hour I was already centered and much less bothered. 

I slowly stopped noticing the racket coming from next door, and I was even able to read several pages of some Grisham. As I was getting wrapped up in the intricacies of this legal thriller, my eyelids started to seesaw, and the siren song of sleep was beginning to drown out everything that impinged on my eardrums. My wife was also gone for the weekend, which meant I got to sleep in the middle of the bed instead of relinquishing my side and sleeping halfway off my side like some drunken squatter.

As a post-workout choice, Healist Natural’s CBD tincture also hits the mark. I’d incurred a hand injury earlier in the day, and even that wasn’t bothering me as much. Same goes for my sore muscles. I had all sorts of knots in my back and tightness in my hamstrings, and one by one those nuisances took a back seat to the tranquil relief given off by this organic hemp extract.

“ I even managed to have some rather lucid dreams.”

The sleep I got from these aptly named Sleep Drops was lasting and deep. I even managed to have some rather lucid dreams, which is sometimes difficult when I consume THC before bed. I awoke as fresh as the morning dew the following morning, and even better, I was none the worse for wear. There were no signs of grogginess or ill effects, and I had no problem getting into the swing of the day. When I left my house for a run, I expected to see the karaoke kids passed out on the lawn, holding their vocal chords in agony and covered in bits of karaoke machine hardware. No matter, I had a newfound and powerful tool in my arsenal against impromptu concerts of all sorts, and I will certainly be reaching for it come the next live show.