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… https://kin2therapper.com/my-inevitable-slide/