Lindsay Hives finally beat her cravings after being hypnotised.
When son Tyler was a baby she relied on the sugary drink to give her enough energy to get through the day and one can a day soon became two, then three and four before she was knocking back five cans every day.
As Tyler grew up, Lindsay began to rely more and more not the addictive soft drink - so much she’s chugged more than 20,000 cans and spent around £24,000 feeding her habit.
Although Lindsay tried to give up over the years, she would suffer with excruciating headaches that would only go away when she snapped open another can.
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But now the 38-year-old has finally managed to kick her addiction.
Lindsay, an accounts assistant from Coventry, west Midlands, said: “It all started when Tyler was born.
“I’ve got aplastic anaemia which leaves me tired as it is, and Tyler was premature and would wake a lot in the night to feed.
“So when he was a baby I started drinking Red Bull to perk me up after long nights and very little sleep.
“I started out having just one a day - but that soon crept up to two, then three and four.
“It just kept getting to the stage where one wouldn’t hit the spot, and I’d need another to keep going.”
Before long, Lindsay realised she’d become addicted to the fizzy energy drinks - but no matter how hard she tried to cut down, she wasn’t able to stop.
Desperate to kick the habit and ditch the flab the drinks had caused, Lindsay turned to hypnotherapist David Kilmurry as a last resort.
She said: “Straight after my first session, I found I didn’t crave Red Bull at all.
“I had a slight headache, but not as bad as I’d had before, and I powered through them for a couple of days - and within a week I didn’t even think about it anymore.”
Lindsay has now replaced Red Bull with green tea.
She said: “As well as having more energy, cutting out the Red Bull has really kick-started my weight loss. Since I stopped drinking it I’ve lost an extra couple of stone, and gone down a dress size.
“I just feel a lot happier in myself.”
This comes after a woman hit 22 stone after voices in her head urged her to “Go to McDonald’s fatty”.