At my last session i told my t I was self-medicating a lot more then usual with some good plant medicine. I told her the emotional pain gets to be too much and smoking helps me so that way i don't have to bother anybody with my problems in order to feel better. I told her I don't want to create a new problem by smoking too much. She said I shouldn't worry about it and if it helps to keep smoking it then and smoke it in moderation. I was thinking about her response and i wonder if it was good advice for a t to encourage me to self-medicate like this or if she should have recommended other ways to try to cope. I went from doing this stuff from once a month to like 5-7 times a week in the last few weeks.