when I first puffed after a 5-year sabbatical,. I could hardly hear my friend speaking. of course, if it had been one year it would've been the same. but I took an eleven-day break a year and a half ago, I could barely sleep and when I did I had vivid, lucid dreams which I could continue at the point I left off after waking up. Not only were they realistic, but enriched with colors of a vibrancy that I've never conciously even conceived. I also had no appetite and I took alcohol and painkillers to ease the withdrawal discomfort. But without weed as a catalyst they did not do much.
So once I decided to puff I got some dank and took bong rips to Bone Thugs. It was like I was discovering weed again, just like in jr. high when I would be stoned for 6 hours and think of how awesome it is that cannabis exists on the planet. I think everyone should take a break just to rediscover herb.