Spending N500 two to three times a week on a bottle of a drink is not something I should be proud of, but I was doing it regularly and without any guilt. I also saw it as a means of enjoying my money in the littlest way I could, since I am not fond of reckless spending. But one day, it dawned on me that even though I was spending the money on what I was taking into my body and not gambling with it, I still needed to stop. I was already deep into energy drinks and soft drinks which, according to health experts, are not good for anyone to get addicted to, especially because of the sugar content.

"Fearless? Fearless is not a soft drink, it is an energy drink, and most times I drink it not just for fun but to help me stay awake at night to complete my tasks for the day." I would always justify my reason for settling for the energy drink, even though I knew that it contained caffeine and that excess caffeine is not good for the body system. I knew all this, but I was just so addicted to the enjoyment, and I was not bothered about the money I was spending on it. In fact, it did not cost me anything to just get up, pick my phone, walk to the chemist shop, go straight to their refrigerator, pick it for myself, and then transfer money to their account already saved in my transfer history.

Many times, I was preached to about stopping the intake of energy drinks by a virtual friend who lives on a different continent. She always backed up her messages with proof from Google searches. In all of this, I found it very hard to believe that energy drinks could harm me. I only knew of sugary drinks like Coca-Cola.

Okay, the way I wrote that looked like I already quit the addiction, but that is a partial lie.

Towards the middle of last year, my urge for energy drinks died off. First of all, I realized that there was absolutely no need to keep taking energy drinks to help me stay awake. I needed to give more time to sleep, and I needed to leave that habit of taking energy drinks. That was it. I stayed for one month, two months, three months without tasting an energy drink.

But this was not the end of the addiction.

My brain could not allow the thought of “enjoying” myself in the littlest way to go away. I saw myself switching to another thing, and I have become deep into it already, and it has been very hard to let go.

Guess what it is?

It is suya oooh!

This is a grilled or roasted or barbecue meat with locally produced spices and onions

Although I eat it every Saturday as a way of pampering myself after long hours of work. And most times, I buy it like someone who has not eaten meat for a very long time. I mean, I buy it in large quantities. Lol 😂

For now, it is going to be hard for me to stop unless my friends start preaching to me that eating suya is not healthy, or they start talking about those suya sellers using human meat as the meat. Lol 😅

Thanks for reading.

This is my entry to Week 205 Edition 01 of the Weekly Featured contest in Hive Learners Community

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