A SET ROAD: MY INEVITABLE SLIDE INTO ADDICTION – PART 1: THE ONE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS;
“On the bus back from Nairobi. I am seated behind in the red.”
As I am penning this, I wonder, where can I start? There are many details I’d love to share about how it was inevitable to get addicted, and the events that unfolded.
I’ll jump straight to September 2004, where I started drinking regularly.
I had gone to attend the Aga Khan High School Olympics in Nairobi, Kenya. It was a week-long event where the several Aga Khan schools in the region competed against each other. I was on the basketball team of my school.
On Thursday evening, towards the end of the weeklong event, after a day of playing, we went to a supermarket, my friends and I. I remember walking into the alcohol section of the supermarket. Glancing at a quarter of Safari Cane liquor, I bought it then went back to where we were staying; the YMCA in Nairobi.
I…
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