Marobs quits booze and now he's “a changed man”

“There is an unfounded perception that it becomes very difficult to quit booze when you are a heavy drinker,” says Robert “Marobs” Ramphabana, a former radio presenter and musician from Musina.

“According to me, it is easy to stop drinking if you tell yourself deep inside your heart that you want to quit. I am happy that I have managed to kick the habit and I am now living a better life.”

Ramphabana tells that, when the hard lockdown started in March, he had bought a lot of alcohol beverages to sustain him for weeks. “Unfortunately, I finished my beers just a week after I bought them. It was very difficult to get more alcohol because the alcohol outlets were not allowed to trade. Imagine the first day without a sip when you have been drinking almost daily for the past ten years?” he tells.

“I tried to call my friends to find out if they had something to drink, but they all had nothing. It was also almost impossible to get traditional beer here in Musina because I have never seen people brewing it. It became challenging during the first day without beer because my instincts were telling me to drink. Although it was difficult to sleep without a drink, a week passed, and I continued spending days without my usual alcoholic drinks.”

But after three weeks of no drinking, Ramphabana decided to quit for good. “Although the outbreak of the coronavirus was bad news to everyone, it was a blessing in disguise for me because it has helped me to quit booze. This is really the most important decision I have made in my life, and I will never taste alcohol again for the rest of my life.”

He says since he stopped drinking his life has improved drastically. “I had no time to drink tea or soft drinks, but now I enjoy them. I also have balanced meals three times a day and I feel revived and very healthy. The money that I would have spent on booze is now handy because it helps me to grow my small business of fixing electrical equipment. I am now a changed man, and I can easily save the little I get from my business rather than blow it on booze and endless parties.”

Ramphabana says he decided to go public about his milestone achievement to encourage people who want to quit alcohol that hope for change still exists. “If I, who have been drinking heavily for more than 10 years, managed to quit, my colleagues can learn from me that it is possible to change. Change starts from within your heart, and if you believe in your goals, you will definitely win.”

Entertainment - Date: 05 December 2020

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