Recently fans publicly complained by the drastic weight loss of popular singer, Inetimi Alfred, better known as Timaya.
The artiste fondly called Egbere Papa 1 of Bayelsa has now revealed his past struggle with drug addiction.
Timaya in an interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos which was shared on the station’s Instagram account on Thursday, revealed that his battle with drug addiction began during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
The singer known for his bluntness, revealed that he picked the habit of using ‘molly’ from a group of friends and it nearly ruined him.
Timaya said, “I am not a saint. I have done drugs. Breaking off from drugs was a hell, it was a tough fight.
“I got introduced to drugs during the COVID-19 lockdown, in 2020. Everybody was home and there were those young guys in my house who were always so happy.
“And I was like, ‘Bro, how are you guys happier than me? I am the boss, I got money. What are you guys on?’ And they told me that they got Molly.
“When I took it, I did not understand myself. I was so happy that I dashed all the money in my pocket. So I wanted to just keep feeling like that.
“That was how I lost a lot of weight. I was not eating, I was just happy. How you go just want dey happy? You are supposed to, first of all, be happy naturally. But when you now need substance to make you happy, it replaces natural happiness. So you have to be buying happiness.
“When I said I was taking Molly, I was taking like three pills every day and it felt like medication.
“I got kicked out of jobs, contracts… people I was doing business with did not want to work with me again.”
Molly, also known as 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, is a synthetic substance renowned for its psychedelic characteristics, which can modify mood, perception, and awareness of one’s surroundings and circumstances.
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