THE LONG ROAD HOME (…my toke)
Much like Northern Lights, Ray Charles can bring about a deeply relaxing sedation that is best applied in the evening and before bed. These types of strains can be effective forms of treatment for those with sleep related issues.

However, I am a lover of Indica strains, and I often medicate with them and in ways that I feel are not as common. I feel that depending on the Indica, its lineage, and terpenes etc., can impart uplifted feelings of energized euphoria, amplified focus, and creative inspiration qualities usually ascribed to strains of the Sativa variety, but ultimately of a different variety than those effects felt in a strain like G wagon or the more mellow Secret Weapon. Of course, the sativa-like traits are more easily felt when medicating with Indica strains in the morning, daytime, or evening when you intend on staying alert and active, and, well, awake.
This is when they take on a special quality and can even cause sensations of energized euphoria and a pleasurable sort of disassociated feeling. I definitely felt this with Ray Charles.
This is a complex strain and not just a utilitarian sleep aid in my opinion. There seem to be several layers of effect and sensation experienced when medicating at different times and levels of alertness and, of course, at times, in higher than needed doses.
I will definitely be purchasing Ray Charles again. Its function as a sleep aid is beyond compare aside from Northern Lights. And besides its ability to cause deep sedation and sleep, it can also provide a good deal of euphoria and focus as well as some creative inspiration when medicating during the day, while fully alert.
A very solid Indica. Dig it 5/5
I have been smoking for, I’ll just say a long time and well before medical passed, and this is BY FAR my FAVORITE strain! It is becoming more popular and more difficult to find (I’m in calvert county so there’s that) so I’m always checking almost every morning to see if any version of it hits anywhere in my vicinity or where I may be on any given day. And I must say I agree 100% with everything you said in all of your descriptions! I too am more fond of an indica dominant strain, that I can preferably use throughout the day, dosing accordingly. This “takes the cake” as they say I think, should be “takes the bud”