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Diet Coke Addicts Unite.

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  • abear007
    abear007 Posts: 84 Member
    I can easily down 6-8 diet soda's a day (diet sunkist, coke zero, diet a&w). I experimented by stopping cold turkey for a couple weeks. Didn't feel any different at all so I went back to drinking as many as I wanted. Haven't seen any difference going back either. *shrug*
  • CariJean64
    CariJean64 Posts: 297 Member
    I stopped drinking diet coke two years ago when I became pregnant. When I tried it again after my pregnancy, it just tasted like a bunch of chemicals! Funny thing this was posted. Last night I drove around for an hour because every single store was closed. (it was only 8pm!) Before coming home I thought...boy, that was rough. I'm going to treat myself to an overpriced gas station diet coke. So I did. And it was awful. It is possible to kick the habit...but then again I live in Germany...and even regular coke here tastes bad.

    I used to fill a 32 oz mug with Diet Coke before my work shift of 4 hours, finish it off, and refill it again before going home. That's 64 oz. nearly every day! Plus I had some at home.

    About 6 months after I quit drinking it, I tried one at my sister's house. WOW. It tasted like a bunch of chemicals! I've tasted it a few times since then... same thing. I can't touch the stuff anymore.
  • GatorDeb1
    GatorDeb1 Posts: 245 Member
    I can drink it or leave it, same with coffee. I don't get people who say you can't lose weight drinking diet sodas, they don't enter into the equation.

    //Drinking a Diet Shasta Cola As We Speak
  • mom2nicknat
    mom2nicknat Posts: 56 Member
    I have a serious Diet soda addiction.. I know it sounds crazy since I only drink one a day (at lunch) but I feel sick if I don't have it.
    I actually broke my foot and couldn't get out into the garage fridge where I keep them and had to call a neighbor to come grab one for me since I was home alone - he thought I was nuts.
    I want to stop drinking them but then again, it's only one can a day so I'm just wondering how bad it really is for me.
  • Brownseabottles
    Brownseabottles Posts: 7
    This is a very useful thread! I'm definitely a Diet Coke addict - around five cans a day, and have been drinking little else, apart from a small amount of water. I've been doing this for twenty years. I crave it, especially after meals. My teeth are perfect, so I suppose I thought it wasn't harming me at all.

    However - I've had a constant sore throat for three or four months now (seen the doc, but she couldn't find a cause), and it only occured to me yesterday that perhaps it's due to the Diet Coke. I have sixteen cans left in the house. My mission is to cut down to two a day for a few days, then one... then when they're gone, that's it. I won't buy any more. It'll be interesting to see whether my sore throat clears up. :)
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