Letter to My Addiction: To an Old Friend,

Chai Latte, you have always been there for me every day, even when no one else was. As a result, you were my first love because I could turn to you when I was happy, sad, stressed, or angry. You were always there to give me comfort and relief by taking away my fears and insecurities, while giving me hope and strength to face the next moment and situation. While I felt alone in the beginning, you became my best friend by being ever-present to an extent I no longer feel lonely or alone. Your ability to lessen my pain, struggles, and worries made me to lean on you on a daily basis.

You appealed to my senses by enabling me to have increased focus and attention, especially in moments when I was tired and helpless. I turned to your strength at the sight of every moment of fatigue and depended on you to re-invigorate my concentration. A moment with you, Chai Latte, was a moment of refreshment and strengthening. Actually, I would consider myself helpless, bored, and weak without you. Additionally, your texture was smooth, foamy, and creamy, which made you adorable and made me feel happy, focused, and relaxed. Throughout this period, you made me dependent on you to an extent that I felt helpless and entrapped since I was unable to concentrate or stay focused.

What I didn't realize during this period is that you were killing me slowly and inhibiting my ability...

I stayed besides you and you never left; I did not know how to live without you. Even though you lessened my hurts and fears, you denied me the opportunity to depend on my strength and to look to my inner potential and ability to live. As I reflect on our relationship, you have had significant impacts on my physical body, emotional life, and social life.
Chai Latte, you have caused me more digestive distress and worsened heartburns and ulcers that I was already suffering from. Secondly, you have affected my ability to sleep at night because you keep me awake, which affects my normal human operations and functioning. In essence, you have made to develop insomnia, which causes a lack of energy and daytime sleepiness that made me to continue relying on you for strength. Third, you have affected my ability to do my best at work and develop feelings of anxiety, depression, and irritation. Fourth, you have affected my ability to make significant savings from my earnings because of the constant urge to go out and buy stuff. Actually, I spend a lot of money in buying large cups despite of the huge and ever-increasing costs.

Your effect on my personal life has had significant impacts on my relationships with family, friends, and colleagues. Since my life revolved around you, my friends, family, and colleagues have found me an irritable and depressed person who is difficult to understand…