I had my first drink at the age of 9 – Zoleka Mandela

Taking to Instagram, Zoleka chronicled how she had begun drinking at the very young age of 9 and how she had moved on to toxic substance abuse.

“By the age of 13 – I was an alcoholic and a cigarette smoker, that led to experimenting with marijuana at 13 … then laced weed, ecstacy, magic mushrooms, kat, heroine, prescription drugs (anti depressants) with alcohol and a decade long addiction to cocaine that gave me the high I was looking for (sic),” she wrote.

A mother of two, Zoleka is also an author who has detailed her drug abuse and sex addiction in her autobiography, When Hope Whispers, which is considered a bestseller.

“I may be well into my recovery, but the actual damage, humiliation, disrespect and pain I have caused my family and children remains irreparable. I’m smiling right this moment because I know that although I may never be able to right my wrongs, I can use my life to remind people that they can make better choices – they can look at my life as a cautionary tale and be grateful that it is not too late for them,” she wrote.

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