My success story with kava starts about 9 years ago when I first began taking kava to help with my continual anxiety. I started with the Gaia Herbs Phytocaps. At that point I had no idea about reverse tolerance. The Gaia Herbs caps eventually broke me through my RTs. I was driving my girlfriend at the time (now my wife) to my parent's house. I had taken 3 capsules as part of my daily routine before we headed out. About the time we arrived at my parents house I was overwhelmed with a deep feeling of peace and relaxation coupled with good feelings and talkativeness. I knew that kava had more to offer and that I should delve deeper into the kava world. At this point there was no kavasseur blog, and no real mention of kava on the internet other than the obligatory "liver warnings".
After the capsules I moved to kava king powdered kava.
Some of you old timers will remember this square tin can
Man was that a powerful kava. One tablespoon was enough to nail me to the couch and obliterate my feelings of anxiety and restlessness.
I continued to drink kava king's original powder for about a year until they went belly up and sold to a different company. After my real introduction to kava I began searching for it online more, and found Nakamal @ Home. I began purchasing Stone as my daily kava. At this point I also began to prepare kava in the traditional manner with the paint strainers offered by N@H. I also was drinking my kava warm. This was also the point at which I felt the true, unabridged, full force that kava truly had to offer. I knew more people had to know about kava,
they just had to. To have something non-addictive, with no withdrawal, and 100% natural? Too good to be true? Nope, it's kava, and it is true.
I had problems with social anxiety and poor overall sense of well being. Also I was overweight. After drinking kava daily for the first year I can say my social anxiety was nill, and all of a sudden life took on a different tone. It was if someone had taken a file and some sandpaper and smoothed out the jagged edges of my life. I was finally able to work
with life instead of always suffering from the "Grass is greener on the other side" paradigm I had so lovingly adopted. I was able to open up, and talk with people on a completely different level. I was exposing my real self instead of some made up identity that I created to make sure you like me. Also I lost about 30 lbs which was unexpected, but definitely an added plus for kava.
A positive benefit that continues to show itself is the ability that kava has given me to truly let things go that are not important. Instead of dwelling on negativity kava enables me to just drop it. Completely. This one is massive for me. Before kava I would fixate on negative things for so long it would make me feel physically sick. I allowed problems to occupy as much real estate in my head as I could give them. With kava, this is no longer an issue. I look at a problem, identify it as an
issue, deal with it, and move on.
My success story also most definitely includes you all, this forum, and the positivity this forum exudes. Never did I think we would be as large and prominent as we are. Every single person who signs up here, posts, or just lurks is part of our collective kava success story. The more people we introduce to kava, the more we add to it.
Overall, I love kava, and this forum, and everyone here. Kava has changed my life for the better, and continues to move in that direction.
Kava really does a good job of breaking your "give-a-shitter" and letting you relax and be yourself. As you said, highly recommended for social anxiety. Perfect for meeting the in-laws. 
Yo, a big shoutout to Squeaky.
. Can't yet tell one of my own, but it helps me enormously with socialising even many days after I had some. The world would be a so much better place if kava was sold in supermarkets! 
