“I’ve always loved the taste of a cold Pepsi. Nothing could beat it and I just got hooked,” Andy from Bangor, Wales, shared.
“I work nights so always liked the sugar rush to keep me going. I’d go through four or five two-litre bottles of Pepsi every day.
“Because I work at Tesco I could just buy it straight after work and take it home.”
Andy was spending an eye-watering $25 a day on Pepsi, which amounted to approximately $8,500 annually on his beloved drink.
“It cost me a fortune to be honest. I could have bought a car every year for the same amount I was spending on Pepsi,” he confessed.
“I just needed to have it, as soon as I woke up I’d go to the fridge and pour myself a large glass of Pepsi and just carry on through the day.
“I remember going to weddings and birthdays and while other people had glasses of champagne I’d be toasting people with a can of fizzy pop.”
As Andy’s Pepsi consumption spiraled out of control, his health started to decline, and he weighed over 19 stone, facing the threat of diabetes.
Despite following a strict diet and shedding two stone, Andy found it difficult to give up Pepsi completely.
He reached out to London-based therapist and hypnotist David Kilmurry, who helped him see results almost immediately.
“David met me online and hypnotised me for about 40 minutes,” Andy recounted.
He added: “I don’t know what he said but afterwards I just didn’t want to drink it anymore.
“I’ve still got two cans of Pepsi in my fridge which I was going to have before the session but didn’t have time.
“I prefer water now. My wife Sarah says my skin looks better and I’ve got so much more energy.”
David remarked: “I was horrified at Andy’s disclosure of drinking 10 litres of Pepsi a day.
“That was by far the worst sugar addiction I’ve ever heard of.
“Resigned to addiction, Andy was overweight, anxious and struggled to get his words out because he was so breathless.
“It became a poison and a crutch to him. Since working with him I am delighted to see him drinking water and healthy drinks.”