Drinks Gasoline

                                               “ I’m addicted to drinking gasoline "

Welland, Ontario.

“ My name is Shannon, I’m 20 years old and I’m addicted to drinking gasoline "

Shannon really addicted to gasoline and she can’t go a day without it, she will also crave for it. Shannon needs the gasoline as soon as she wake up from her bed and she will go to the washroom drinking the gas. Whenever she go out, she will put the gasoline in a small bottle. To Shannon, gasoline taste like sweet and sour.

Connie who is Shannon’s mother said, when she first find out about Shannon drinks gasoline she don’t believe it until she smells Shannon’s breath.

According to TLC, Shannon drinks up to 12 teaspoons of gasoline a day. That is more than 5 gallons in the last year.

Shannon addiction has become worse, until she even found other ways of consuming gasoline which is she will deep the newspaper in gasoline and eat it.

By looking at Shannon strange addiction, it really terrifies her sister, Jacqueline. Jacquiline don’t even know how much has Shannon consumes the gasoline.

“ I really always love the smell of gasoline. I remember when I was younger, I used to sit behind my mom’s car and just breath in exhaust fume. It smells good and taste good ", explained Shannon.

According to Shannon, the first time she drink gas, it was not good, burns and really pains badly. Shannon was really upset, alone and always been solely depressed since her parents separation when she was seven .

Gasoline is a mixture of 150 toxic chemicals refined from crude oil. Drinking gasoline can cause vomiting, nervous system damage and death.

Whenever Shannon consumes gasoline, she gets really dizzy. She has really short chest pain and pains in her stomach and in her intestine.

“ My biggest fear is that she could die, I couldn’t  imagine my life without her ", said Jacquiline.

While, Shannon’s mother said, “  I will do anything she need for her to just stop drinking gasoline ".

Shannon knows that her addiction is not safe and it will kill her but Shannon still cannot stop.

Until one day, Shannon family makes a  gathering to discuss on how they can help Shannon to quit her dangerously addiction. All of Shannon’s family members confess sincerely how they really care and love Shannon and how they really do not want to lose Shannon.

After the gathering, Shannon agree to meet the doctor for consultation who is Dr Margaret Mitchell, an Internal Medicine.

Dr Margaret Mitchell tells Shannon how the gasoline has already destroying her nervous tissue, stomach and even her intestine are already being infected.

Finally, Shannon promise to stop consuming gasoline. Shannon has not consumed gasoline since seeing the doctor and she even plans to start addiction therapy soon.