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Cheese is a wonderful thing (unless you’re lactose intolerant), but like anything else, it should be enjoyed in moderation.
Adela Cojab, a 27-year-old New York University law student, reportedly spent over $10,000 on a two-week rehab after developing an addiction to cheese while in school.
Yes, you read that correctly.
Cojab told Jon Levine and Matthew Sedacca of the New York Port that she would eat an estimated 5.5 blocks of cheese per week. Oh, and some parm crisps on the side as well. As one does…
You might be asking yourself: “how does that even happen?”
Good question! One that this author also had!
We’ll tell you.
“I stopped by either Morton Williams or by Whole Foods and I would just buy cheese, and I would literally just eat a block of cheese with my hands,” Cojab said.
But why? Sure, cheese is delicious. But that’s next-level commitment to cheese love.
“It was the only thing that would make me feel somewhat whole,” she said.“I kept telling myself it was actually cheaper to just buy some blocks of cheese than to get a $12 salad from Fresh & Co.
“I was telling myself I was making an economic decision, as people with addictions rationalize.”
Look, New York City is expensive as hell. But there’s just no way the math adds up there!
Go to a grocery store! By a bagged salad! Maybe even some dressing! You can even put cheese on the salad.
Though apparently, she did try that last bit.
Cojab told the Post that when she’d make a salad it would just amount to “eating parmesan with caesar, with lettuce on the side.”
Cojab gained significant weight and developed several other health side effects in the process.
NYU Student Pays Big Bucks To Fix Cheese Addiction At Rehab Center
So, how’d she fix this wild addiction?
The Post reports that Cojab attending a two-week wellness retreat at Hilton Head Health in South Carolina. The “retreat” costs a minimum of $5,820 a week.
“Instructors and counselors taught her the basics of how to order and prepare healthy meals, count calories and consider healthier snacks, like blueberries or popcorn in lieu of havarti.”
She dropped nearly 50 pounds with the change of diet as well as a prescription for Ozempic.
Paying over $10,000 to have somebody tell you “hey, maybe eat something other than cheese” seems insane to me.
But hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Cojab said she’ll still enjoy the odd nibble of cheese. But her addiction seems to be under control.
No word yet on if she plans on attending any Cheeseaholics Anonymous meetings though.