Soda addiction

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 20 Jul 2006 10:05

Wow... I didn't think it was possible to be addicted to soda, but i've been drinking soda heavily for years, I stopped drinking all sodas last week, and got sick after.. i felt shitty and had anxiety for days, now i feel good though.. only drinking water and juice. I want to never again touch a soda, anyone else have problems quitting? Ive tried to quit before but i caved in.

brinard · Post by **brinard** » 20 Jul 2006 10:12

im so addicted to soda. god damn i love it tho.

(i was so bad, i had a 12pack every day)

ive tried to quit before, for like a week i lasted.

i had headaches and shit.

i guess thats what i get for drinking dr pepper and coke and dew constantly for years.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 20 Jul 2006 10:39

That's caffeine for you. Cravings, headaches, and anxiety are pretty common when you're going through caffeine withdrawal. You have to just stick through it and think about how gross it is that your body was so used to soda that it's reacting so heavily to caffeine being taken out of it's system.

I'm not a big soda drinker (anymore) but I decided to give soda up for the summer. I was fine for about a month then someone handed me half a can of Dr. Pepper when I was in pain and I drank it up without thinking. I felt like kicking myself. But since then I have been okay with the break... except for my late night craving two nights ago when I tried drinking other things to fill the immense soda void I was feeling. It did not work. The only soda in the house was one can in the fridge that belongs to my roommates, so I didn't drink it. I think a key to quitting drinking soda is taking away the opportunity and giving yourself lots of other good things to drink. I love orange juice and Silk so with those in the house I'm fine.

A good suggestion is to not let yourself have any ever if you want to quit. You'll end up giving yourself too many free-bees and end up (soda) drinking again.

pips · Post by **pips** » 20 Jul 2006 11:11

I never had a problem with it, but I've cut down what I did drink over this past year or two, and now I barely drink it.

I remember reading in a magazine (I think Muscle and Fitness Hers) that if one drinks a can of pop a day, (s)he will gain 15 pounds only from that by the end of the year.

Eek...I hope I remembered that right.

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 20 Jul 2006 12:08

pips wrote:...if one drinks a can of pop a day, (s)he will gain 15 pounds only from that by the end of the year.

Maybe if the person never excersizes, and even then, the amount of weight gained will vary from person to person....

I've drank several cans of pop everday, for several years, and have maintained a weight of 135lbs, at 5% body fat. (My diet is by no means ideal, lots of pizza, fast food, soda, etc)

pips · Post by **pips** » 20 Jul 2006 12:12

Yeah. I think I must have missed something, or the research wasn't done correctly. I don't know.

Kyle Hewitt · Post by **Kyle Hewitt** » 20 Jul 2006 13:13

Soda4lyfe

Drew Hamilton · Post by **Drew Hamilton** » 20 Jul 2006 13:27

This is really weird, cause one of my best friends told me about 2 weeks ago how bad diet coke (my favorite and the only soda I drink) and I sopped cold turkey. I'm used to drinking them at lunch or after school so it's really hard after summerschool.

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 20 Jul 2006 13:51

yah, I think diet coke is really bad for you because of the ass-per-tain (I cant spell),

As for me, I used to be a big soda drinker, until this year. I really had no problems quitting at all. I try to drink water over other things but about every 5 days or so I might have a small sprite or gatorade

Drew Hamilton · Post by **Drew Hamilton** » 20 Jul 2006 13:52

Yeah, thats why I stopped.

Moxie · Post by **Moxie** » 20 Jul 2006 16:03

freestyler4life wrote:I really had no problems quitting at all. I try to drink water over other things but about every 5 days or so I might have a small sprite or gatorade

Sprite is totally soda.

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 20 Jul 2006 16:25

I used to drink pop (thats midwest for soda) all the time! I drank so much. Bought 2 liters and drank like 40's sometimes with friends. I decided to become healthier and stopped eating cheese fries (which I did almost every day at the time), adding salt to food, and drinking pop! Cold turkey.
That was 11 years ago!

I don't think drinking pop is that bad, but all the water and juice I drink in place of it is way healthier.

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 20 Jul 2006 16:31

Yeah, highly agreed moxie... last time I tried to quit, when I caved in, my parents bought 60 sodas and stuffed them all over the counter next to the fridge.... Besides being bad its a waste of money when youre going through a lot of them. Soda, pizza, of course one can eat this while maintaining the same weight (depends on the person) like i can for example, but that doesn't make it any better for your insides.
CIC: ! You hit the nail on the head... as a child I put salt on EVERYTHING. And not just a little bit.

professor · Post by **professor** » 20 Jul 2006 16:42

I gave up soda about 2 years ago and it was one of the best things I've done. I drink mostly water and milk, and sometimes gatorade or fruit juice. Of course I have soda every once and a while, but probably only 5 times a year max.

My body never had withdrawl symptoms when I stopped drinking soda, but now if I drink more than a can of soda in a day, I get a headache and the shakes.

I never realized how much my body craved water until I started drinking water regularly. Now I can't go a day without drinking a lot of water.

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 20 Jul 2006 16:46

Haha nice avatar dude, I love Conan the Librarian. I heard Gatorade was equally bad as soda but for your teeth.

Drew360 · Post by **Drew360** » 20 Jul 2006 21:55

Moxie wrote:
Sprite is totally soda.

7-UP ain't... its all 100% natural goodness

pips · Post by **pips** » 20 Jul 2006 21:57

This is opposite of the topic, but I actually want to try that new natural 7-up.

shred villain · Post by **shred villain** » 20 Jul 2006 22:39

i was drinking only about 2-3 cans a day until my parents found out and cut me off. most of it wasnt caffeinated so i didnt have problems toning down.
but man if i had a 2 liter of root beer right now....

Guest_2 · Post by **Guest_2** » 20 Jul 2006 23:18

lol you fucking noobs suck. Switch to beer. Moderate alcohol consumption pwns!

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 20 Jul 2006 23:51

pips wrote:This is opposite of the topic, but I actually want to try that new natural 7-up.

NO. Its AWFUL! Srsly. How old are you shred, curious.
And vindicator, moderate beer consumption is something that every person starts around age 12, you don't need to be callin me a moderate noob.