Man Addicted to Cola Since 40 Years

By Staff

Friday, February 27, 2009, 12:19

To beat his alcohol addiction, a Croatian man has been drinking nothing but coca-cola from the past 40 years. The 71 year old Pero Ajtman has kept his promise to his mother to never touch alcohol in life.

He made the promise 40 years ago as his mother was a religious soul and since then he has maintained it. "My mum didn't like me drinking when I was a young man as she was very religious," the Telegraph quoted him as telling the Croatian tabloid 24 Sata.

He added: "She made me promise never to drink again and Coca-Cola was the only thing that tasted as good as wine so I started drinking that. Now I have a glass in the morning, before and after lunch, with my dinner and then before I go to bed. I never drink anything else."

He now lives on his pension in the village of Karanac, near the city of Osijek, in eastern Croatia and ia still stubborn about not touching alcohol again.

He said: "My mother isn't here to tell me not to drink any more but I'm not even tempted to quit coke for alcohol. Coke is my drug now, and I'll drink it till I die."

He has stated that in spite of his daily habit, he has never faced any major health problems ever.

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