I got high for the first time recently

[kannon]

had an edible on the 4th of July.

it was a malt ball.

shit was kinda tiny. or so I thought. 10 mgs.

I dont know if thats a lot or not, was literally my first experience with weed in any fashion. Was in San Diego with 5 friends. My buddy took one, and two girls split one. I was kinda "peer pressured," but also I'm 31 and have never done a drug in my life, so I figured might as well experience it once, in a controlled environment with people I trust...

About 30 mins in, I wasn't feeling anything. So, we're all chilling. Everyone else that had ate one has done it a bunch before. We're barbecuing. I'm sitting on a lawn chair out back of our beach house that we rented for the weekend. Playing DJ on my bluetooth speaker. No joke, shit hit me like a ton of bricks. Like one second I was fine, and then immediately, I was like "Oh this is bad..."

Kinda just got light headed at first. Thought it was gonna be like being drunk where my equilibrium would be thrown off or something, but that wasn't the case. I think my problem was that I didn't want people to know that I was high. So I was actively trying not to show any signs. Which worked okay until we sat down to eat lunch.

We've all got beers and burgers, one of the ladies boiled and seasoned some carrots and we had mac & cheese. As we sit down to eat, my mind is racing. I'm like thinking to myself "I dont think they can tell that I'm high. I wonder if they are feeling like I'm feeling? Or maybe they just hide it better. I'm definitely high though. Did I just say that out loud?"

My mind literally would not stop for like an hour. At one point, I imagined the girl who made the carrots saying something about them, and I stuck a carrot with my fork, held it up to her and was like "Yup." out loud.. She just looked at me and said "What?" and my other buddy was like, "The carrots are bomb." and I just nodded and thought to myself "SHUT THE FUCK UP. DON'T SPEAK." And then about 5 minutes later, I was thinking to myself "wait, did that happen? Or was that just in my mind..."

Pretty much spent the next hour questions whether or not I was talking or just thinking, and then questioning whether or not the conversations around me were really happening or just happening in my head.

Probably 6 or so hours later my buddy was like "Oh wait. Nick, did you feel anything?" and I told them exactly what happened. I asked the one girl if I had randomly held a carrot up to her and said yeah, and she laughed and confirmed that I was speaking out loud. They said to be more vocal next time and ride that shit out together. But I don't think there will be a next time.

Thanks for listening. Have a good night.