Tom Bowey was addicted to Coke and Dr Pepper but now only drinks water and week squash (Picture: Kennedy News and Media)
A dad who drank 4.5 litres of Dr Pepper and Coke a day says he was left with the teeth of a pensioner.
Tom Bowey would drink the fizzy pop from the moment he woke up until he went to sleep and spent around £250 a month on the habit.
The 42-year-old’s boss warned him he could die if he didn’t quit soon and his dentist said his teeth had acid erosion more commonly seen on a 70-year-old.
Tom also constantly felt bloated, put on weight and worried his daughters would follow in his footsteps.
After numerous failed attempts to go cold turkey by himself he eventually sought the help of a hypnotist Dr David Kilmurry, who he came across during a desperate search online.
Incredibly, the dad only needed one two-hour session with Dr Kilmurry in September to be able to quit completely and now only drinks water or weak squash when thirsty.
Tom, from Marlow, Buckinghamshire, said: ‘I used to drink four-and-a-half litres of Coca Cola or Dr Pepper a day, for well over 10 years.
‘It was all day, from when I woke up until 10pm. I found it hard to fall asleep because I had so much caffeine and sugar in my system.
‘My boss told me “you’re going to die soon if you don’t stop drinking them” because I’d have the bottles sitting on the side next to my computer at work.
Tom says he drank the fizzy drinks from first thing in the morning till he went to bed at night (Picture: Kennedy News and Media)
‘The guy at the shop over the road used to call me ‘Dr Pepper man’, which wasn’t great, because that was all I used to buy when I went in there.’
Tom said he spent £8 on pop every day and then also bought multipacks for home.
‘I worked out I was spending £250 a month on fizzy drinks.
‘I wanted to quit for money, but also didn’t want to tempt the kids to have it as well.
‘My eldest, who’s six, started to say ‘when I’m seven then I can drink Coke’ because I used to say ‘you can’t have it now’ so in her mind at her next birthday she could have it.
‘I said to my girlfriend ‘if I’m sitting there drinking them all day long at some point they’re going to say ‘if you can drink them all the time why can’t we?”‘
Tom said it all started with a once-a-day treat at lunchtime, before mushrooming into an addiction that spilled into his homelife too.
‘It started with one with lunch and then me and my work colleagues started buying each other drinks throughout the day.
‘They’d bring them over from the cafe near work and then there was a vending machine so I could just pop in and get them whenever I wanted.
‘Before I knew it, that’s all I was drinking and then I …read more
Source:: Metro
