Dora Obwaka shares her journey through drug addiction and recovery
By Valerian Khakayi, November 27, 2025Multitalented artist, entrepreneur and the owner of the fashion Jesus Girl closet, Dora Obwaka, has opened up about her past battle with alcohol addiction and how she managed to turn her life around.
Speaking during an interview with local media on Thursday, November 27, 2025, Obwaka revealed that her struggle began at a young age.
She described the challenges of breaking free from a habit that had become a core part of her identity.
“I started drinking at the age of 17, and that morphed into a full-blown addiction that lasted about seven years,” Obwaka revealed.
“Coming out of that space had been very challenging; it looked like trying to get back to that space, the cycle of I will be sober for a few days or weeks or months,’ and because this had become a core part of who I was, like a never-ending cycle.”
Obwaka also highlighted the physical impact of her long-term drinking.
“I did not know alcohol was a little poison, scientifically, for your body, and because I have been doing it for such a long time, it had advanced consequences on my health, the weight loss, but the moment I got sober, I was eating healthy, and I added weight,” she said.
Addiction
In a past interview with Lynn Ngugi, Jesus Girl disclosed that she started drinking alcohol and then gradually started smoking cigarettes and weed.
“I started with alcohol and then cigarettes; after that, I moved to weed, so it was alcohol, cigarettes, and then weed. The thing is, you were going as you built your tolerance. So you need the substance to fill the high you did the first time you used,” she disclosed.
“It was alcohol, cigarettes and weed; that is when I became an advocate for this drug.”
Turning point
Three years ago, Obwaka said she reached a turning point.
She added that recovery required a lot of self-reflection and letting go of the people, places, and habits that had been part of her addiction.
“It was like three years ago that I finally got to a place where I said enough am called to more, God has created me for so much more and I need to step into that,'” she said.
“It was sitting with myself and realising I have done it all, I have seen it all, and I did that. I said goodbye to people, places and things that I thought were part of my core identity, and that landed me where I am today; it was just that one decision.”