**INTRODUCTION THREAD** - new members post here

Post by **herbalhippie** » Sat Jan 11, 2020 4:47 pm

kratomKonnie wrote:Greetings,
KratomKonnie says hello from TX

Welcome!

Post by **LuckyHerbals** » Sun Jan 12, 2020 3:05 am

throwinupgengarsigns wrote:Hey all,

I signed up to post a review and was advised to introduce myself over here. Like many of you I used to use the kratom subreddit (my username here is the same as my reddit username). Unfortunately with the rule changes there I no longer found the sub very useful and I was delighted to discover this forum.

I first discovered kratom back in '14; I was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and would be subject to regular drug testing. I was self medicating to treat my chronic pain as well as my depression, anxiety and PTSD. Needless to say I was an absolute mess and it caught up with me. I had been prescribed all kinds of meds, and save for the pain killers, none of them seemed to work. So I began using kratom to keep me sane while I was unable to imbibe in anything else. It was a godsend, truly, but of course I was foolish and cast it aside as soon as the testing stopped. I resumed my old ways of heavy drinking, pill popping and nose destroying until last year. Last year everything fell apart. With a tremendous amount of help from my family and friends, I began to turn things around. I went back to school, bagged all A's and sobered up save for copious amounts of marijuana (I was lucky to have a friend who grew and provided me at an unbelievably great cost). Alas the cracks began to show but, instead of falling apart, I decided to seek out kratom again.

I found this forum and I can't tell you how grateful I am for all of you. I received my first order about 5 days ago and I already feel like a new man. I know I'm asking a lot from kratom, but I truly believe it to be a wonder substance (not a cure all mind you). My back pain is manageable, my mood is elevated but calm and I have a zip in my step that I've sorely missed. I'm incredibly blessed to be where I am and I intend to take a more active interest in the kratom community. I hope I haven't broken rules and I apologize if this post is of no use to anyone else , but I'm glad to be here. So thanks everybody and all the best!

Thank you so much for sharing your story and experiences with Kratom. This plant truly is a lifesaver. It has been very nice meeting you, and I hope to talk to you more in the future. Take care!

Post by **Beastmode** » Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:16 pm

Hello everyone! I've been stalking this forum for a few month. Joined discord channel. I'm very thankful for this forum. I have learned a good bit and have met some cool people. I've been taking kratom off and on for around 6 years. Started off with vivazen and opms shots. Then switched to leaf a year ago. Me and my fiance are daily users and have found some amazing sources through this forum. Anyways I want to be more active, so I thought an intro would be ideal. Ty all.

Post by **Greyfeather** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 12:31 am

Hi hi Hi Beastmode!

Glad you decided to join the party

I'm guessing you have plenty of experience with kratom by now, so don't be shy about sharing. A surprising amount of learnin' goes on here

Welcome.

Post by **Monkeymom** » Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:38 pm

Hello! I’ve been using kratom for about 2 years , but for the past year for some neurological pain, my name is Travis , and I live in Chicago , very very cold, anyways you can hit me up via email: [email protected]
or discord: Man Ray#0074! Looking forward to connecting with you all.

Post by **Greyfeather** » Fri Jan 24, 2020 12:44 am

Monkeymom wrote:Hello! I’ve been using kratom for about 2 years , but for the past year for some neurological pain, my name is Travis , and I live in Chicago , very very cold, anyways you can hit me up via email: [email protected]
or discord: Man Ray#0074! Looking forward to connecting with you all.

Hey Travis

I'm always so happy to hear from a fellow Illinoisan. Welcome!

I live downstate (and I DON't like it), so please, please convince me to move to Chi town

Post by **ontbijtkoek** » Sat Jan 25, 2020 2:10 pm

Greetings and glad to be here

Post by **Tree** » Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:54 pm

Hello. New to the forum but not new to kratom. Thanks for having me.

Post by **lifebreath** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:15 pm

Just wanted to say hi and how thankful I am for this forum!
Great source of information and I am really impressed with the integrity of the moderators on staying on top of things.
Looking forward to sharing and learning more about this miracle plant!

Post by **Slayro** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:03 pm

Hi, everyone! Though I joined this forum a while ago, I have not posted much of anything. I just wanted to come in and formally introduce myself, as I'd like to become a more active member! I greatly appreciate the warm sense of community that this forum has. I look forward to getting to know you all better. Kratom, on, friends!

Post by **Love_Redz** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:20 am

Hi, been here since mid May and just saw this, I’m mostly reading and learning from here I’ve posted on what’s burning a couple of times and somewhere else can’t remember exactly where but thought I’d stop and introduce myself, Happy burning Leafers

Post by **herbalhippie** » Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:29 am

Hello and welcome to the forum new members!

Post by **Ilikerafts** » Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:35 pm

Hello!

Contrary to my username I do not like rafts, they seem quite dangerous, but all the other names were taken such is life.

Thanks for making such a cool forum

Post by **CatfatherB** » Sun Mar 01, 2020 10:10 am

Ilikerafts wrote:Hello!

Contrary to my username I do not like rafts, they seem quite dangerous, but all the other names were taken such is life.

Thanks for making such a cool forum

Welcome to the forum Raft, I'm glad you didn't go with catf***er....I'm saving that one for a backup!!

Post by **Marcussk** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:56 pm

Hi guys,
I'm new to the forum, though I've been lurking for a few weeks, and I'm still pretty new to kratom in general. It's been a hard year for me. Not going to go into details but I lost my dad, my sister, and my niece over the course of the last two months and it has hit me pretty hard. I've been depressed and I started hitting the bottle pretty hard. I heard a little bit about Kratom and did some research and figured I would try it and honestly it probably saved me. It's been three weeks since I've had a drink and kratom has helped immensely with my depression and giving me energy again. I just wanted to thank you guys for your vendor reviews because that helped me alot when figuring out who to order from.

Post by **LaFeeVerte** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:29 pm

Hello all! I've been poking around the site a bit lately and decided to sign up. The previous forum I was on became rather quiet and I was happy to see how active this community is. I look forward to joining your community and discussing this wonderful plant with you all!

Post by **Hereforinfo** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:33 pm

Just wanted to say hi and see if I can even figure out how to post. Technology is not my forté. I’ve been lurking for a couple weeks and made an account so I could check out TFH. You guys are way more welcoming that reddit so I’ll definitely try to participate!
Anyone else from the discord forum that shut down?

Post by **acejestyr15** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:45 pm

Hereforinfo wrote:Just wanted to say hi and see if I can even figure out how to post. Technology is not my forté. I’ve been lurking for a couple weeks and made an account so I could check out TFH. You guys are way more welcoming that reddit so I’ll definitely try to participate!
Anyone else from the discord forum that shut down?

We have our own discord server for doubleM members

Post by **eddiemandy1** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 3:32 am

I just joined today, I'm a Louisiana gal, still very new and found tea because I was searching for something that would help my depression/anxiety that I have had for a very long time. I have never found anything that worked like this, best decision ever, it gave me my life back so that I could be a wife to my amazing husband and a mom to my wonderful kids. This is an amazing forum and so much info!!!

Post by **Apheks242** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:24 am

Hello everyone new to posting here. I come here alot for research on vendors. I only now decided to post to get help and any guidance I might be able to provide. I have been taking kratom for maybe 8 to 9 years now. Very long time. It has help and changed my life for the better. Used to take pills to manage pain. Got off them as Soon as I found kratom. I have had a few vendors I used that used to be some of the cheapest vendors online and now are charging 240 for a kilo. So in my quest to keep my quality of life on a strict budget I decided it's best to finally interact here. This seams to be the place where I find the most helpful information and I really appreciate it. So thanks everyone. Nice to meet ya.

Post by **acejestyr15** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:30 am

Apheks242 wrote:Hello everyone new to posting here. I come here alot for research on vendors. I only now decided to post to get help and any guidance I might be able to provide. I have been taking kratom for maybe 8 to 9 years now. Very long time. It has help and changed my life for the better. Used to take pills to manage pain. Got off them as Soon as I found kratom. I have had a few vendors I used that used to be some of the cheapest vendors online and now are charging 240 for a kilo. So in my quest to keep my quality of life on a strict budget I decided it's best to finally interact here. This seams to be the place where I find the most helpful information and I really appreciate it. So thanks everyone. Nice to meet ya.

Welcome pal, and thanks for deciding to become active here with us!! We all enjoy have new members, and help people continue along on their journey.... I just commented on your LOTS OF QUESTIONS post and made a suggestion for a great vendor. Just wanted to also chime in here and say a quick welcome!! Hope you enjoy this place as much as the rest of us, and find the help/info you were hunting for! Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or anything like that... Can always feel free to shoot me a PM if you'd rather not post something publicly! Have a good one....

Post by **Ablackburn86** » Sat Mar 28, 2020 2:13 pm

Hello everyone, I just randomly came across this site and joined yesterday. I haven't had the chance to try kratom yet, but after the few things I've read, I'm excited to place my first order. I was a heroin/methadone user for 17 years and needed to get away from that. I'm hoping kratom works for me!

Post by **HouseDogPartyFavor** » Wed Apr 08, 2020 2:20 am

Hello all and I hope this finds you doing well,

I have enjoyed the benefits of kratom for a few years now and found you guys randomly but after a few days reading the wonderful info here decided to jump in myself. I am expecting my first package from a vender highly spoke of on here and look forward to participating in the great conversations.

Post by **Marcussk** » Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:29 pm

HouseDogPartyFavor wrote:Hello all and I hope this finds you doing well,

I have enjoyed the benefits of kratom for a few years now and found you guys randomly but after a few days reading the wonderful info here decided to jump in myself. I am expecting my first package from a vender highly spoke of on here and look forward to participating in the great conversations.

Welcome to doublem housedogpartyfavor.

Post by **Bubba** » Mon Apr 13, 2020 12:08 am

Hi everyone... I’m Bubba and I found this forum through Reddit. I’ve been reading on Kratom for years... And have watched it transform the life of my best friend and my partner of 14 years. Today... I finally took the plunge. I’ve been battling an opiate addiction since 2007 and have been on subutex since 2013. I am a proud papa of a 3 year old son and I just don’t want him growing up seeing me take a pill everyday. I also just don’t want to be a slave to subutex any longer.

I am an avid weight lifter and bulker... A dedicated father... An avid music festival lover... And a retired raver. I’m Kentucky bred, but reside in sunny South Florida... 305!

Post by **Kratatomic** » Sun May 03, 2020 2:13 pm

Hi Double M!

I don’t remember the exact year or context in which I first heard about kratom. My best guess is early-mid 2000s, likely back in the old edot forum days, haha.

My first experience with the leaf back then was unremarkable and I ended up writing the stuff off. Around 2008 a friend recommended I give it another go, and kindly offered me some to try. Kratom has been a staple in my medicine cabinet ever since.

I joined the online kratom community and ended up trying most, if not all, of what was available at the time. There wasn’t much available, haha. A handful of great vendors that were just as much a part of the community as the buyers, offering a limited selection of top-shelf material. Just had to choose Bali, Thai, or Maeng Da, haha. The scene began to change though. I can only speak from my perspective: False hype and greed began to dominate. Older trusted vendors were run out of business. The market was flooded. I couldn’t keep up with it all, nor did I wish to. Around 2012-13 I fully withdrew from the forums and have been out of the loop ever since, using just one trusted vendor for all these years.

Flash forward to yesterday. I’m due for a restock, but my vendor’s inventory was very limited this time around. Curiosity got the best of me! I turned to Google. Google recommended Reddit. Reddit recommended Double M. So here I am, hello! Haha.

I want to personally thank Gumby for his thread Behind The Scenes Of The Kratom Industry. This is must-read material. An in-depth expose that both explained my experience and confirmed my suspicions. Tremendous job putting that together and sharing with the community! I am admittedly overwhelmed with all the options available today having been away for so long, but this time around I can see there is a method to the madness, haha.

Now how the hell am I gonna choose which “strains” to try first....hahaha....

All the best!

Keith

Post by **onespeedstop** » Sat May 09, 2020 3:05 pm

Hi, new forum member here. I found DoubleM after reddit stopped allowing sourcing/reviews. Been lurking a couple of months, and thought I'd jump in finally. I've been taking kratom for the last 2 years, and only daily for 8-9 months or so. I use it for back pain and I guess a little for anxiety - or else why would I ever order any reds ha-ha. Anyways, I mostly just check the deals/reviews areas, and have found a couple new vendors through those. I'll hopefully be able to at least contribute some reviews of stuff I've tried/been using lately.

Post by **Krispy07** » Sat May 30, 2020 11:28 pm

New member here! I am starting to become active here on Double M and thought I would introduce myself. I have used this forum to source many fantastic vendors over the years. Thanks to the community for your helpful and knowledgable advice/reviews. I am grateful for Double M and the plethora of info it provides is second to none. Especially loved Gumby’s behind the scenes take and his transparency. He is the #1 reason I even signed up in the first place and is an asset to this community. Been a kratom head for about 3 years so I'm not a newbie. This leaf is something special and helps me break from my social anxiety and occasional pain days which have been growing!(I'm getting old). Looking forward to interacting with y'all soon.

Post by **sadi47** » Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:19 am

hi guys,

I am Mussadaq from beautiful Pakistan. you can call me as Sadi it's my short name and I love it. I am feeling good to be here. thanks.

Post by **btotheeck** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:26 pm

Hi all
Nice board here! I'm also looking forward to joining the Slack channel once I get enough posts to send a PM

I'm active-ish on SoGD in Discord and Green Leaf Guild on Slack.

Post by **HoagsObject** » Sat Jun 27, 2020 10:36 pm

Hi I’m new here,

I’ve been “burning” good Kratom for about 8 years. I spent a lot on store bought when I first started then I started buying online.

Post by **gravystainonmyshirt** » Sat Jul 04, 2020 8:14 pm

HoagsObject wrote:Hi I’m new here,

I’ve been “burning” good Kratom for about 8 years. I spent a lot on store bought when I first started then I started buying online.

Hello, welcome to the group. Definitely a diamond in the rough this website is. The ability to read other peoples reviews strictly about Kratom is such a benefit when it comes to determining the best places to buy Kratom. I would recommend trying the top vendors, Botanical Bunny, sMiley Time Herbals, Lizas Botanicals. Ballsdeep makes a great list of the best vendors online,

https://saidit.net/s/KratomVendors/comm ... ring_2020/

Absolutely the best list, he updates it regularly so feel safe ordering from any of the companies on that list

Post by **Jestrice2002** » Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:42 pm

Hey, guys. This is a bit overdue, but I've been living on this forum for a while and I figured I'd chime in here, too.

I'm Jessica. I've been using kratom for a myriad issues for almost a decade. Reddit went down and all of my old vendors started dropping a while back, so when my stash diminished, I looked to try some new guys. Luckily, I found Rhino. I only ordered via email, but I knew the screenshots of his stock that he'd send came from somewhere. I did some digging, and *DAMN* I'm glad I did! Now I know where all the pros are hiding.

Post by **StringThing** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:12 pm

Forgot to post here when I signed up. I'm Stringthing

I've been using kratom since 2012. Came here looking for some vendor discussion and maybe people to chat with. Glad to have found this community

Seems like a nice place.

Post by **onespeedstop** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:46 pm

StringThing wrote:looking for some vendor discussion

Welcome, you have arrived at such a place ha-ha.

Post by **Loveandpeace** » Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:32 pm

It's my turn to post. I have been lurking for about 3 months. I'm a 90s kid, born 1978. Funny thing is- I may have posted 5 times in 10 years on FB. I just finished that many here in 3 days. The community at MM is undeniable and infectious. I have had a lot of illicit experiences but now mostly stick to copious amounts of pot and my newest friend Kratom. This leaf is like no other, I don't buy into hype and keep a strong skeptics view of the world. That being said, Kratom is obscenely unique in every single way and had made a fan out of me.

I love music, my GF, my cats and intellectual thought...in no particular order...well, music first!!! I appreciate the lovely people here who are clearly committed to good vibes, correcting mis-information and even sharing their own product. It is almost like the internet never took that shitty turn in the early 2000s, this feels like how it is supposed to be.

I look forward to more stimulating conversations from Ballzdeep9, Gumby and the many other dedicated people in here. I have never seen vendors and customers so closely linked through conversation, product and the love of the leaf. I live in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, maybe that will explain why I'm desperate for stimulating talk and altruistic good neighbor vibes.

Post by **e_poison** » Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:04 pm

Welcome to all the new members! Glad you're all enjoying the double m.

Post by **floatypooltime** » Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:54 pm

Floatypooltime here from Arizona! Heard about Kratom while watching Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia in the springtime. About a month ago I walked into a head shop and the owner was there, very knowledgeable, has taken kratom for years for her pain issues. I don’t have serious pain issues, just your normal “I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck” after work sometimes. I do have severe insomnia, and have had two times in my life where I’ve suffered from PTSD, which I feel circles around to my insomnia, and slight depression and anxiety. I’ve tried TONs of different medications and while a couple have worked so so they are not prescriptions that will help you in perpetuity. Side effects, high risk for addiction, etc. I tried some of her Kratom and at first I didn’t notice anything. I was a little confused why they would make this a schedule 1 drug. I still feel that way, as it really just motivates me, gives me a secure happy feeling - reducing my stress, I don’t get upset about the little things, I’ve noticed I am more sociable and do more random small acts of kindness. I’m really hoping I can find a good strain for sleep. It’s a wonderful herbal supplement that can actually help people, or at least me, get back to normalcy when my life has been topsy turvy for so long I don’t even know what normal is. It’s like finding joy in life again. I’ve been doing crafting projects again, baking projects again. I haven’t been drinking like I usually do-4 or 5 beers three or four times a week. I haven’t had any alcohol actually. I’m so happy I found this forum full of pleasant people. I really appreciate everyone. Thank you for allowing me to be apart of this community!

Post by **herbalhippie** » Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:00 am

Welcome to the forum! I'm glad you found us!

Post by **JPT** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:47 pm

Hey all. Just joined though have been lurking for a while. I found kratom to help replace to medicines I was on; one for ADHD, and another from chronic pain in leg due to ski accident (and the doctors wouldnt really give me the good meds anymore anyways was stuck on all this ones that also treat depression and chronic pain). I normally order from canopy and i see mixed reviews, but I really like their Malay. Anyways always looking for new vendors to try though for the heck of it. Hope to learn a lot more here!