A couple of years ago I started drinking kava in the evening for sleep. I had a 25+ year insomnia nightmare and I was at the point where I was taking 4-5 OTC sleep aids and it started messing me up. Kava completely changed my life and I started sleeping like I did when I was a kid.

In April I was on vacation in Boone, NC with my family in a cabin. The last day I was out of kava and saw there was a kava bar at the university campus in town. When I went there I saw they also had kratom tea. I had heard about it but didn't really know anything. After speaking with the guy there I ended up buying a double white kratom tea. The next morning right before I was going to make the 4 hour drive home I drank the tea. I was blown away with it, I felt like pulling off the highway and going on a 12 mile run. Then I thought how it would be to drink it in the morning before my bike rides.

To make it short, before I got home I stopped at a shop where I had seen a kratom sign and ended up buying some. Now I mix 8g in a glass of water when I wake up as a coffee substitute and I've had the best starts to my days ever. I ride my bike more than ever. I'll probably drink it forever. You just have to be careful if you have an addictive personality because I read about some people who are taking insane amounts and go crazy with it. Apparently it's good for people who are trying to quit hard drugs like heroin. But I totally see why it's popular with the college crowd, I could write a master thesis after drinking it haha

I never had red kratom but I understand it's good for pain with people like you. I use white and green. The only single thing I don't like about it is I have to go into a head shop and buy it, I've never been into smoking pot or anything but that shop has very good stuff. I bought a kilo last month and it will last me till the end of the year.

Here's Lance learning about it