First time I smoked I took a hit or two off a buddy's joint... nothing really happened... just kinda altered my reality a bit, I think... it was just... cool.
Next smoke was the first time I got stoned... my buddy and I put down an eighth between the two of us in about 15 minutes, just constant smoking. HOLY SHIT I GOT HIGH. Everything went slow motion like I was on whippet's, but for like 30 minutes. It was crazy. Sounds were echoing in slow motion, trails... it was nuts actually. One of the coolest things I've ever experienced. After that I was hooked.
Had some good times hanging out, smokin' with friends.
I was like 12 though. So I was stupid. One time my bag fell out of my crotch as I was walking past my parents eating dinner. They said, "What's that?" I was about to vomit, so scared, and I said, "It's marijuana." They looked at me for a second, then started laughing like hell and said, "No really... what is it." I started laughing and said it was my friend's dads fake pot (he was an undercover cop. They thought it was hilarious. So I walked out the door to all my friends waiting for me, and I had a bag of pot in my hand and my parents were right there. They were like, "What in the hell is going on here?" Didn't know whether to run or what.
Eventually got arrested for smokin' at school I ran away to see the Dead. I ended up tripping out on a HUGE dose of acid or something, and hearing voices for a year... long story, see
https://www.rollitup.org/hallucinatory-substances/103121-why-i-do-not-do.html
So I quit pot, all drugs, even drinking at 14 years old. It was good for me at the time. I became a Christian too. The bad thing is that I became ultra-conservative. Just a couple years ago (I'm in my late 20's) I realized that Christ was not a conservative. Sad that it took me that long, but all my friends and family were very conservative and I just bought into it. Anyway... a couple years ago I started drinking and smoking the herb again. ... now in moderation. The King of kings brought me back full circle... some day I'll hit the bong with Jesus. No doubt. No doubt.
Funny story... after 14 years with no pot, no nothing, I all the sudden realize there is nothing wrong with it. I had no connects, so I just ordered some seeds and planted 'em in the woods. My wife was like What in the Fucking Hell? (except she didn't cuss, because she's still ultra-conservative). Almost left me. Probably still will. I guess that's not so funny... but it sort of is when you think about it.