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    Default How to stop drinking soda

    I live at home and my mum always stocks the fridge with either pepsi max or coke zero.

    I seriously cannot stop drinking it. I want to try to drink more water and fruit juice. But I think this shit is highly addictive or something.

    How do I stop drinking it when it's always in the fridge?

    Can't resist..............

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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    i wish i knew a way
    i had to move out of my dad's house to stop...

    i was able to cut down a little bit by making myself drink at least one glass of water before i was allowed to have a soda though...
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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    Quote Originally Posted by scarletfang View Post
    i had to move out of my dad's house to stop...
    LOL. Maybe this is the answer! I am way too old to be living at home anyway.

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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    This probably works for no one BUT I grab a bottled water in the morning, and say ok if I drink this than I get one soda. At lunch same thing, so by the end of the day I cheated myself out of all my soda. After 3 days you will be cured of cravings, this is coming from a girl who went through boot camp.

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    I have a vending machine down the hall stocked with cplus(orange soda) and diet coke... and it sucks cuz I just cant stop drinking it(remember I live in a hotel lol)... at least the machine beside it has apple juice and orange juice

    The worse is the candy machine omg..

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    I think the no sugar ones are more addictive than the sugar ones!!

    That's a great idea to set it up like I have to drink water. The first thing I drink in the morning is soda YUCK I know it's gross.

    My aunt is a dietician and she told me to drink water with some lemon in it in the morning to kick start the metabolism.

    I am seriously going to commit to weaning myself off this shit.
    All the caffine! The last time I didnt drink it all day I had a terrible headache!!

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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    I gave up caffiene six years ago, that was tough, but panic attacks are tougher, so I managed. I was a cranberry juice and lemonade junkie after that because I don't dig most noncaffienated soda. My new addiction is orange Fanta. I can't seem to get enough. I really need to cut down.

    Try stocking up on some tart beverages like cranberry juice, that's how I managed to get over cola. The acidity was really the thing I craved most, especialy in the morning. I need to take my own advice and replace my Fanta with something healthier!

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    Does caffine give u panic attacks?

    I have noticed that too.

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    ^^ It doesn't exactly cause them, but it makes you more prone to having them. Its a stimulant, and that's the last thing you need when you have anxiety problems. Try giving it up and you'll see huge difference. Chocolate's ok, by the way, as long as you don't eat a TON of it.

    (Now that I think about it, its been more like 8 years since I've had caffiene...wow. I miss Dr. Pepper!)

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    I am so addicted to Diet Pepsi it's not even funny.

    I think they put heroin in it or something cuz I can't kick it!

    I've got a monkey on my backkkkkkkk!

    I hate regular colas. I seriously can't drink them, they make me vomit.

    I think those artificial sweeteners are the devil.

    One time when I was a youth I had to go on a little county sponsored vacation for joyriding in a car I never actually got permission to drive and drinking liquor underage...how I made it through those months without soda/fast food/arabic food is beyond me.

    The water trick didn't work. I've always drank a lot of water. I'd just drink MORE water and MORE soda if I did that.

    If you find a method that works...PLEASE share.

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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    Maybe cold turkey is the answer then. I dunno, I'll try the water thing too.

    I have also started drinking green tea more often. It's making me need to pee constantly tho which is really annoying.

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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    I'm the same. I go through four or five litres of diet drinks per day at the moment, and I actually feel some weird kind of withdrawal when I'm without it for a few hours. I find that I have to have it when I'm reading for uni especially (the same way I have to chain smoke during assessment periods).

    That isn't very helpful, I know, but I wanted to commiserate.

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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    Quote Originally Posted by jaizaine View Post
    I think the no sugar ones are more addictive than the sugar ones!!
    they are - i'm actually addicted to artificial sweetener, and i go through serious withdrawal if i cut it out...i'm working on it, but i'm just getting over kicking the caffeine habit...
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    I know how you feel. When I was living with my parents I had the same problem because they had soda all over the freaking house!!! It was just way too easy to grab one, pop it open and drink one after the other. Now that I live on my own, I don't drink soda at all...only water and tea on occasion. You could ask your mom to monitor your intake of soda and start stocking the fridge up with lots of bottled water for you to drink instead.



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    I did really good for awhile, but when I had my daughter I was right back on it. I think I thought I would have more energy with the caffeine even though I know it's not true. NOw I'm stuck on it.

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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    I like those individual club sodas. You get all the fizzy funness of a soft drink but it's just water. Or, iced tea helps for a small caffene fix.

    I used to NEVER drink soda... until I started dating someone who drinks maybe six of them a day. Now I'm hooked. Still I don't have more than 2 a day. (But that coke zero is good stuff! hehe)
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    The only way I can avoid drinking it is if I have bottled water in the fridge too. I hate tap water, so if the only thing in the fridge is soda, that's what I'll drink. I've cut down quite a bit by just putting bottled water right next to *or in front of* the soda in the fridge. Though I still have to have my daily redbull
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    Default Re: How to stop drinking soda

    I'm so ADDICTED to Diet Coke, it's not even funny, but after just having a baby and needing to lose about 5 more lbs. before I go to work...I just made myself stop cold turkey! My sister told me about the Crystal Light On The Go packets you put in your water, I started using these, and now I actually drink more water! I have a plastic cup that when filled to the top = 32oz...2 of these a day and I've drank 8/8oz glasses of water!!! I can always tell when I'm dehydrated, because the bottom off my feet (around the heel area) gets dry and cracks....but since I've started drinking water...they're nice and soft and smooth!!! Also I'm not a big fan of the Crystal Light packets (they contain aspartame, I wish I could find some made with Splenda) but psychologically it works for me and I'm able to drink a lot of WATER!!!

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