02/06/2022
✨Travis Barker has an announcement to make — and it has nothing to do with romance or relationships.
The drummer, writer and producer is adding lifestyle entrepreneur to his resume, with the launch of Barker Wellness, a new line of cannabinoid-infused products.
Barker says he first started working on the wellness brand two years ago, after coming off another grueling year of touring with Blink-182, in addition to dozens of live performances with other artists. “As a symptom of being in the music space and just touring, I would always do a CBD bath or an epsom salt bath or take a ton of CBD after shows,” the drummer says, “and I started to notice that recovery was an issue, especially touring for months [and] doing five to six shows a week. And the process became like, ‘How do I feel with recovery?’ I tried everything from cryotherapy to massage therapy,” Barker recalls, “but CBD was like the best kind of result that I got.”
Barker also credits CBD for helping him address issues of restlessness and insomnia, after years of struggling to fall asleep
“I used to have trouble with sleep,” he says, “and I would take a ton of melatonin, valerian tea, Tylenol PM, or Nyquil. And before that it was actually Ambien,” he admits. “I was addicted to that at one point.”
The musician says the “adrenaline running” after a show or being in the studio all night would keep him up, and while he’s had his fair share of vices to turn to in the past, Barker says he was actively looking for more “natural ways to wind down.” That’s when he discovered CBD.
Barker understands that there are still many misconceptions about CBD — “My father has these aches and pains but to get him to even entertain the idea [of CBD] took a little while,” the drummer says — but Barker is excited for both fans and skeptics to give his new brand a try, to see the benefits of cannabinoids for themselves. 🌱
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