Breaking the Soda habit

I'm a recovering Coke fiend. I started just trying to go one day, and had to supplement with coffee and ibuprofen for the headaches. After a couple weeks of being able to skip a day with Coke, I tried to skip a whole weekend. Try to pick days where you know you'll be busy enough to keep your mind off your addiction.

Over the last two months, I've been able to get to the point where I'm now not getting headaches, and not having to drink so much coffee. I still want a Coke - every day - but I know if I give in, I'm back to the beginning. So, for now, I stay away from it. My goal is not to give up Coke forever, just long enough that I can feel confident about enjoying one some day without being chained up by addiction again.

Good luck - I think if you give it a try, you'll thank yourself later!

Edit for not reading thoroughly...

If you are already weaning off of it, then you may have to suffer if ibuprofen/nsaids don't work. Your body is addicted, it will pass within time.

I was a pepsi fiend, and after about 1 month of weaning and many headache's and agitations, I have not had a drink of it since last June! It is very hard, but you will feel so much better.

My hubby is "addicted" to soda. He only drinks it, and coffee.

He drinks like 6-10 cans a night!

I got him to switch from regular soda to Coke Zero a few years ago. He likes the taste, and lost 10lbs.
It is now what he drinks . . . and he drinks way too much of it!

Now, I just need him to wean him off of that too!

I used to drink a soda or 2 a day (caffeine free diet versions) but have weaned myself off by replacing it with
decaf coffee(both iced and hot), and iced tea.

I believe there is a bigger hurdle with the caffeine issue when breaking that habit, but recommend slowly
reducing the number of sodas you have a day, and if need be, replace them with something a bit healthier.

Good Luck!

Switch from regular cokes to coke zero do that for about two months, while your drinking coke zeros start working in a better drink. I chose the great value stevia sweetened strawberry kiwi drink straws in bottled water.


I went from cokes to coke zero to the drink straws and then to water.

My other big thing was sweet tea , now I drink tea where I make an entire pitcher of tea with 2-3 packets of stevia.

coke zero,,,

I was a Mountain Dew-a-holic! Bad habit for many years, I went cold turkey it was the only way I could. unfortunately I got the killer headaches (worst headaches in my life) took lots and lots of advil but after the 3rd or 4th day they started to slowly subside a little each day. Took about 10 days before they were gone, but it was so worth it in the end. Hang in there

I love my coke too! it was suggested I cut 1 coke out a week. so I did last week. This week I didn't and I feel really tired with adding it back. so I am going to take 1 away and just keep working at it , until it is all gone. Go slow and just cut back a little at a time.
Good luck!

I'm soda free for one month. Like you, coke was my poison. I found that drowning myself in water along with jumping into exercise let me avoid the really bad withdrawals. I do not do the artificial sweeteners, so I essentially quit cold turkey.

Best of luck, If I can do it, anyone can.

I looked up information on how bad sodas were fo you. I was addicted to mt dew n coke which are 2 of the worst ones for the body. I quit cold turkey. It wont easy but some of the infomation I found was scary. lol

I have quite a few times in the past (and again right now) and I always quit cold turkey. I usually have 3 days of a killer headache, irritability and fatigue, and then it's done and over with.