Popular Nigerian singer and songwriter, Timaya, has revealed that he struggled and tried to overcome his heroin addiction for years.
Timaya said he was first exposed to drugs during the COVID-19 lockdown and used them so frequently that he lost weight because he wasn’t eating.
The “Dem Mama” crooner claimed in a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM that the first time he used an illegal substance, he ended up losing all the money he had in his pocket.
Timaya said; “I am not a saint. I have done drugs. Breaking off from drugs was 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 [laughs].”
Watch him speak below,
