#NEWS: I Had A Serious Battle With Alchohol Addiction - Kevin Tita.

Multi- award winning Nigerian rap artist based in Cyprus, Kevin Tita whose new smash single 'I Am The Man' is currently gaining waves in Cyprus, has come clean about a battle he had with alchoholism, according to him, the addiction lasted for two years and cost some opportunities. Read an interview he did with Real Life Blog. This is not actually the full interview, but just the section he talks about the addiction. In his own words.

'It's not something I am not very proud to talk about but I feel it could help other people who are going through this same situation. It lingered on for about 2 years. The addiction sort of started building up from just casual drinking at events to drinking at home sort of often to binge drinking to relying on alchohol for sleep because I was also battling insomnia at the same time. It got worse to the point that I started hanging around only people that drink like me and things like that'

Going further he said

'I guess I didn't realise it was getting worse till I started missing out on shows, my performance schedule is always hectic so I was skipping shows because I would be too drunk or dizzy to leave the house at the right time, I skipped on important phone calls or talked beligerent on the phone some times. I even skipped studio sessions. I also stopped drinking water because the alchohol with replace my thirst for water. Talking about it makes me feel bad but I guess I have to'.

He talks about what made him stop.

'I realised my life was being controlled by it. I decided to slow down once I started getting into fights at clubs I was booked to perform at. It happened like 3 times, little things would just piss me off while I laughed over bigger issues and the thing is 90 perecnt of people going through this sort of addiction don't realise it till like after 6 months. I was loosing myself to alchohol. The hammer on the nail came last year when I was at DJ Mico's house with Mute Gang and the Air Conditioner made me ill. I was wearing like 4 jackets in the summer then I went for a test and the doctor told me I had issues with my Kidney. I was put on mediaction for 2 months and thank God I am healthy now. I feel so free all thanks to God'.

His advice to anyone battling with alchoholism.

'First you need to realise and agree with yourself that it is a problem before anything else. I was down with it for so long because I hung around people that loved drinking too so I didnt see it as a problem. You need to kind of withdraw from it to know. I thank God it didn't burn any bridge in my career but it could have been worse. The last thing is you need to pray about it. I pray to God and he saved me from it. Thank God today I no longer get the urge to get drunk. I still drink occasionally but its mostly light wine, more water'

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