How Cannabis Helped My Eating Disorder

nicole vandeboom
10 min readMar 15, 2021
Photo credit: iStock skodonnell

Outside of my little social bubble, I know cannabis still has a social stigma. Especially if you’re a female. And even more so if you’re a mom. I’ve always preferred cannabis over drinking. If you knew me around ages 18–21, you knew this. I’m not really sure why, but I just kind of phased it out after turning 21. It seemed the cool thing to do in the mid 00’s was to go to clubs and bars downing copious amounts of vodka…

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nicole vandeboom

Parenting w/humor & f-bombs. Historian finally using my $$ private-school degree. I come up with my best writing ideas naked in the shower. nicolevandeboom.com