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    I cannot seem to give up Soda, where do I even begin?

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    • Posts: 7,739 Member
      Aaron_K123 wrote: »
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      Well to be fair to her sister her sister didn't post that, she posted that and just claimed it came from her sister to be able to attach some authority to it by association to someone who is at least in training to become involved in medicine. Have no idea if her sister would agree with her or not or what her sister wrote or anything. This is just an appeal to authority where the "authority" is a pre-med who wrote a paper once on something they read.

      Good point. Please allow me to amend an "If true," to my second sentence.
    • Posts: 8,911 Member
      drgnfyre wrote: »
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      Puppies don't contain caffeine a known addictive drug... Yes it's classified as a drug. So yes soda CAN be addictive to some people. And yes you have to wean yourself off if cold turkey is too hard. Also, sugar can be addictive to SOME people as well. So, you may be in the unlucky few. You can replace soda with diet soda which will give you the same drug your addicted to...or you could slowly reduce the amount of soda you drink a day. Since caffeine is a relatively safe drug, your health will improve with diet soda, but you will still be addicted.

      Also, just because you don't have an addiction to something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. People can be addicted to video games... this happens..or to porn....that happens. If the op says he's addicted support him or her and believe them. They may well be addicted.

      A quick google search says that coffee has 4 times the caffeine of coke.
    • Posts: 7,460 Member
      khan2187 wrote: »



      Bottom line, where do I even start to getting rid of such a habit?

      Decide.

    • Posts: 827 Member
      edited October 2017
      Cut back little by little. I cut back when I learned about the damage it can do to the enamel on teeth and possibly interfere with calcium absorption in the bones. My family history of osteoporosis is incentive enough to give up soft drinks. Now, I have one maybe once a year and I don't miss them a bit!
    • Posts: 24 Member
      Try to limit it to meals if you need it with food. Then over time try to lessen the amt in your glass each meal. Try to add a full glass of water before meals so you don't feel as thirsty. I used to think I needed a full glass of soda with meals just because I was used to it. I found out that 1/2 glass was just as satisfying. Also, green tea has caffeine so it may be a reason why you are going more often. Try to drink less caffeinated drinks, there are many caffeine free options. I only drink diet, switched in 99. I wished I hadn't. It's just as addictive if not more than regular. I focus on caffeine free at home. Best advice: Focus on limiting your intake a little at a time.
    • Posts: 137 Member
      I replace with lime and soda water, sparkling flavoured water and herbal teas. Still if I have a night out and go for a vodka and coke it starts creeping back in.
    • Posts: 1,406 Member
      I vote for don't give it up. You clearly love it. Why give it up when it's not necessary to?
    • Posts: 16 Member
      Flavored seltzer water really helped me, and I often will have hot tea in the afternoon for a caffeine fix. After a couple months you won't miss the sugar.
    • Posts: 335 Member
      millerdan1 wrote: »
      Flavored seltzer water really helped me, and I often will have hot tea in the afternoon for a caffeine fix. After a couple months you won't miss the sugar.

      Bigelow vanilla caramel black tea is my jam! I drink it in the am after getting to work.
    • Posts: 16 Member
      It has been 2 weeks now I have successfully managed not to touch Soda!

      Although there is a catch to it, I substitute it with this drink called "Vimto Fruit Cordial" and the flavor is so strong in vimto I cannot manage to drink more than 1/4 of a glass and it pretty much satisfies my soda craving and the fact that it aint soda at all :-)
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      JillianRumrill wrote: »
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      Bigelow vanilla caramel black tea is my jam! I drink it in the am after getting to work.

      That sounds delicious, I'll have to try it!
    • Posts: 1,509 Member
      I personally love those carbonated non mineral, fruit flavored waters. There are several brands of zero calorie onesthat are great. They are loke the old Clearly Canadians, but way cheaper, and they taste like lighter fruit sodas.
    • Posts: 17 Member
      I battle with this as well. It's a process.. now I'm to the point where I have 100 calorie can sodas at one meal a day. After it's gone it's gone. My next move is going to be every other day then eventually plan to cut them off all together. One day at a time
    • Posts: 13 Member
      khan2187 wrote: »
      Its been almost six months now I have soda almost everyday (Pepsi, Fanta, Sprite etc...) sometimes as much as 3 glasses a day.

      I feel this is doing some hidden internal damage to me (I am beginning to urinate a whole lot more, cannot seem to digest food properly without soda and worst of all the depression that I experience when I don't have a can for more than a day)

      I do try to cleanse my body daily with having unsweetened green tea daily (If that even works) and have about 2 liters of plain water daily but I dont think that can really undo the damage caused by soda.

      Bottom line, where do I even start to getting rid of such a habit?

      I quit cold turkey. It's uncomfortable but the discomfort is short lived.
    • Posts: 8,736 Member
      Bughunter99 wrote: »
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      I knew it was terrible for me when I experienced feeling like absolute garbage when I finally quit it. I will never touch that chemical stew again.

      You mean caffeine withdrawal?
    • Posts: 21 Member
      I was drinking up to 5 monster energy drinks a day for years. After a week in the hospital in January I never picked up another one again and shortly after gave up all soda.
    • Posts: 3,678 Member
      DonM46 wrote: »
      Low calorie fruit juices work for me.
      Ocean Spray Diet Cran-Grape has only 5 cal/serving.
      Welch's Lite Grape Juice has 45 cal/serving.
      Minute Maid has light lemonade, fruit punch, and mango-passion fruit in 5 to 15 cal/serving.
      Trop 50 and Minute Maid light orange juice has 50 cal/serving.

      If you must go with soft drinks instead of juice, there are several flavors of the "-TEN" genre. Root Beer, Orange, Ginger Ale, RC Cola, 7 Up, and Dr Pepper. [Dr Pepper no longer supplies the 12 oz version, but I think the 2 liter bottles are still available.] To me, these are closer to the 'real thing' with little or no diet taste.

      I second the “soda TEN” suggestion.
    • Posts: 3,678 Member
      rheddmobile wrote: »
      The only thing that worked for me is going cold turkey. Avoiding other sugary foods and salty foods helped with the cravings. I also needed to avoid the things that triggered me - being around the sound of my husband opening his cans, for example. I changed my drive home so I don't go past the corner where I used to get a soda every day.

      Drinking coffee and eating dark chocolate provides some of the same taste satisfaction, for me, anyway.

      I'm a diabetic, so soda is literal poison to me now, but there's no one for whom it's good food. I'm much happier without it.
      What about diet? My doctor okays diet/TEN brand sodas in moderation.
    • Posts: 3,678 Member
      JillianRumrill wrote: »
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      Bigelow vanilla caramel black tea is my jam! I drink it in the am after getting to work.
      I love that stuff too!
    • Posts: 144 Member
      I went from having several cans of regular Coke per day as a teenager, then switched to Diet Coke/Coke Zero, then to Diet Sprite and then eventually weened myself off that to water and unsweetened iced tea. Definitely was not an overnight process. I don't miss it at all, in fact I think most soda tastes disgusting now.
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