Once I entered my house, I immediately ran to the kitchen and started searching through the fridge, looking for any food that I could snack on. There was only one bottle of water left, which was something that I always drank throughout the day. I grabbed that, along with a glass of water, and made my way upstairs to my room.

Once in the room, I sat down on my bed and drank half of the water, feeling incredibly thirsty after the stressful day I’d gone through. At first I didn’t pay attention to what I was drinking, but as the thirst disappeared, I began to drink faster, finishing the...