Our Story

For my entire life, I have been a very “anxious” person. When I finally went to the doctor, I felt more like an experiment than a person.

Ultimately, I was diagnosed with general/panic anxiety disorder, and over several years prescribed buspirone, citalopram, paroxetine, hydroxyzine, gabapentin, propranolol, trazodone, lorazepam, clonazepam, and finally alprazolam.

Every medication I tried made me feel not myself, almost as if I was in a dream-like state. More so, the fact that they kept trying so many different medications gave me anxiety in itself, thinking something more severe than just anxiety was “wrong” with me.

I finally found relief from taking Xanax (alprazolam), where for 5 years I was prescribed “1mg as needed, take up to two times a day.”

Eventually, it came to a point where it was taking over my life: If I didn’t take it, I wouldn’t feel normal. I would even blackout on occasion and not remember what I did the day before (one of the side effects of Xanax). It was extremely addicting, and I would find myself taking more than the prescribed 2mg a day.

On several occasions, I would try to get off the medicine. Whether it was to slowly wean myself off by taking smaller and smaller doses, or completely stopping cold turkey (not recommended), the withdrawal symptoms were too overwhelming, and I would always find myself right back where I started.

I started taking CBD. It immensely reduced the unpleasant withdrawal symptoms that would normally come coming down of medications.

CBD seemed to make life more manageable. To this day, I take my CBD every day to help and keep things under control.

It is my belief CBD is a much healthier, natural alternative. I hope my story will help others share the same benefits.

Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Greg was diagnosed in his youth with general panic and anxiety disorder, a condition he would grapple with throughout his teen and young adult years. With each flare-up of anxiety and under the care of a doctor, he would be prescribed a new drug to try. Eventually, he ran through the whole gamut of psychotropic medications offered by the pharmaceutical industry to treat anxiety, from buspirone and citalopram and a laundry list of other medications finally leading to alprazolam, also known as Xanax. Some of the medications helped, but each one made Greg feel a little less like himself.

Meanwhile, Greg was able to accomplish a lot, especially when his anxiety symptoms were in remission. He enrolled in a business management program at State University of New York’s College at Brockport and successfully earned his bachelor’s degree. He went on after college to spend a year as a cast member at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Florida before moving on to a career in finance with JP Morgan Chase, starting out as a teller and later advancing to become a personal banker and then a relationship banker.

As Greg was building his financial career, he continued to struggle with anxiety. While the Xanax provided relief, he eventually felt like it was taking over his life. That’s when his struggles with anxiety shifted to a struggle with addiction. It wasn’t until Greg discovered cannabinoid or CBD, that his life finally changed for the better. By taking CBD, Greg was able to completely wean himself off Xanax without any withdrawal symptoms. With a natural CBD supplement, Greg was able to manage his anxiety and strike the healthy balance necessary to thrive both personally and professionally.

Greg’s experience with CBD was so powerful that when he relayed his story to his friend Digno, the two decided to pursue the dream of entrepreneurship by opening their own CBD store serving clients online and in Rochester, New York through their retail business, RECOVRX. Today, Greg and Digno are working together to help others find the same transformative healing through CBD products that Greg continues to experience every day.