Letter to my addiction: dependence on chai latte

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 to realize my potential. 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 and spend time with. I cannot engage and interact with them properly because of feelings of anxiety and depression caused by insomnia. You have caused me to live a slow and painful life without friends and family except you.

After a period of reflection and desire for change, I have decided to escape from your grips because of the realization of the damages you are causing to my physical, emotional, financial, and social life. I am more than determined to regain my human dignity that you have succeeded in taking away from me. I no longer want to be in your chains and I am ready to do what it takes to start living again, living without you. I don't like who you have made me to become and I am willing to prove to you that life is more meaningful and enjoyable without you. I will seek for help when and where necessary until I get my life back by being independent and productive.

Wellness Plan:

In attempts to aid my recovery from Chai Latte addiction, I have developed a wellness plan that addresses several major issues for multi-dimensional satisfaction and health. The first area in the wellness plan is physical health that will incorporate commitment to regular fitness and exercise program. My daily schedule will include at least an hour of exercise at the gym and taking a healthy as instructed by nutritionists and gym instructors. Secondly, I seek to enhance occupational wellness by maintaining positive attitude towards work and attending seminars that provide information on how to obtain a rewarding and enriching career. The path of occupational wellness will also involve reading books regarding my career and how to maintain a positive attitude towards work.