UK woman seeks hypnotherapy to ward off 150k pounds Diet Coke addiction

London: A UK woman who drinks up to 50 cans of diet coke and spends 150 pounds a day is now planning to seek hypnotherapy to help her get rid of her addiction.

Jakki, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, who has been on the fizzy drink for nearly 30 years, said that the beverage has taken over her life and its as important as paying the electricity bills to her, the Daily Star reported.

The 42-year-old former dry cleaner got addicted to diet coke after doctors advised her to leave ordinary coke in order to lose weight when she was 14.

Dr Sarah Schenker of the British Dietetic Association said that Jakki should try cognitive behavioural therapy which is often used to treat eating disorders.