Woman addicted to water drinks 6 gallons daily

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A young mother is speaking out about her bizarre addiction to drinking water. She guzzles up to six gallons a day.

Sasha Kennedy, 26, takes large bottles around with her wherever she goes.

Because of her addiction, she has to use the restroom up to 40 times a day, and she claims she has quit jobs over the lack of quality water.

The mother-of-two, who said she has no health problems, even wakes up several times a night to sip water and go to the bathroom.

Kennedy said the habit is affecting her sleep, too.

?If I feel my mouth start to get dry I have to get my next fix of water; it?s all I can focus on," Kennedy said.

?People never really think anyone can drink that much until they get to know me - then they just cannot believe their eyes. I feel thirsty pretty much all the time and always have to be sipping water - it?s an addictive habit.

Kennedy, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in the U.K., has two children: Reggie, 2, and Fraser, 1. She said she started drinking large quantities of water when she was just a toddler and hasn't been able to stop since.

By the time Kennedy was 6-years-old, her mother had to place a plastic jug full of water next to her bed. She said she would get up during the night to refill the container.

By the age of 13, she was already drinking up to three gallons a day.

Drinking too much water can be dangerous; it can lead to water intoxication, or hyponatremia, in which there is not enough salt in the body's fluids outside the cells. Both conditions can lead to serious health problems, and even death.

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There is no such thing as "addicted to water". She may have severe OCD, but you can't be addicted to water. Still, it must be an extremely annoying habit to have to drink so often.

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There is no such thing as "addicted to water". She may have severe OCD, but you can't be addicted to water. Still, it must be an extremely annoying habit to have to drink so often.

People have all kinds of addictions. How can there be no such thing. Addictions and habits can be essentially the same thing.

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Hot on the heels of the Coke drinking "pretty" female, today it's water!

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A young mum has spoken of her bizarre addiction to drinking water, guzzling up to 25 litres per day.

Thirsty Sasha Kennedy, 26, downs almost six gallons of water during a 24-hour period - taking large bottles around with her wherever she goes. She is forced to go to the toilet up to 40 times a day and claims she has even QUIT jobs over the lack of quality water. The mother-of-two - who claims she has no health problems - even wakes up several times a night to sip water and go to the toilet.

Sasha said: ?If I feel my mouth start to get dry I have to get my next fix of water - it?s all I can focus on. People never really think anyone can drink that much until they get to know me - then they just cannot believe their eyes. I feel thirsty pretty much all the time and always have to be sipping water - it?s an addictive habit. The most sleep I?ve ever had is about an hour and 15 minutes, because I am getting up to drink or nip to the loo.?

Full-time mum Sasha, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, with her children Reggie, two, and Fraser, one, developed her H20 habit when she was just two. She began nagging her parents for more water - quickly prompting them to take her to the doctors. But on examination medical experts confirmed there was nothing wrong with the tot.

Sasha?s addiction kept growing as she got older and by the age of six her mum was placing a plastic jug full of water next to her bed each night. As the years rolled by she began to get up each night and refill the large container - doubling her nightly intake.

The schoolgirl always took a bottle of water to class with her and would stay glued next to the water fountain at break time - while the other kids went out to play.

By the age of 13 she was already drinking up to 15 litres a day.

Sasha said: ?By that stage my parents had got rid of the jug by my bed at night and replaced it with a five-litre plastic container. I would even sometimes refill that during the night. I began smoking as a teenager as well and that made things worse - my mouth felt drier. When I was 16 and left school I started work in a shoe shop stockroom and everyone began to notice how much I drank. They ended up moving the water cooler next to my desk. People started to get sick of changing the water.?

By her early 20s she was downing 20 litres a day and her addiction peaked when she began working from home for a telecoms company in 2007.

Sasha said: ?I found I was drinking more because I was not self-conscious about going up and getting water in front of colleagues. I was drinking about 25 litres a day and my work mates were so concerned they told me to go to hospital and get checked out. But they could not find anything wrong. I only start feeling ill if I don?t drink - my mouth gets really dry.

Sasha claims she is now drinking between 18 and 25 litres a day while she stays at home to look after her children.

?I?ve had boyfriends who get disturbed during the night when I get up to drink and go to the loo - but it has become normal for me now.?

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She's still a little on the large side :/

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I don't even want to know how often she goes to the loo. :|

It says right in the article - 'up to 40 times a day'.

She'd be the perfect partner for anyone who's into 'golden showers', don't you think? :shiftyninja:

(No, I'm not into that. Some others on here might be though.)

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So what about the whole "drinking too much water can kill you" thing ?

The first girl to die after taking Ecstasy in the UK didn't die from the drug, but apparently from drinking too much water in the club and her brain swelled

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It says right in the article - 'up to 40 times a day'.

She'd be the perfect partner for anyone who's into 'golden showers', don't you think? :shiftyninja:

(No, I'm not into that. Some others on here might be though.)

Yeah.. that and a nymph... lol

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I'm surprised doctors haven't found any kind of problem, she should be retaining water in her body better than that.

Then again, it could just be a mental thing, like the girl who only ate pizza and felt ill if she had any other kind of food. It was all in her head--very real, of course, but still mentally-originated rather than a physical illness.

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I drink about a gallon and a half a day. Considering all I drink is water (sometimes milk in the morning) it doesn't seem unreasonable.

But her amount, that is very unreasonable. Though, I get what she is saying, I cannot stand not having a bottle of water with me always, I get thirsty quickly for some reason and I use the restroom probably 15 times a day or so. If I am stuck without water for over an hour, it drives me insane. I sleep with two bottles beside my bed at all times.

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Na she does have an addiction but I think it is psychological correct? Is it possible to create a possible psychological addiction with a substance that is as simple as water?

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