Maddi Stephens

“It tasted different from a cigarette; it was richer, rawer, more exotic. I swallowed down the thick smoke and tried not to cough. Initially all I felt was a little light on my feet. Like sex, clearly more fuss was made over marijuana than it merited. And then – a minute or so later – something happened. Something incredible. It was like being drenched in an enormous wave of well-being. I felt safe, relaxed, totally at ease, silly and unselfconscious. And that was it. It didn’t take long before I was smoking weed every day.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient