Help, I'm addicted to soda. How do I quit?!
Question: I really want to cut back or stop drinking the crap all together, but when I don't have any I miss it. I don't have anyone to motivate me or keep me from drinking whatever i want. If you have quit, let me know how you did it.
Answers: I really want to cut back or stop drinking the crap all together, but when I don't have any I miss it. I don't have anyone to motivate me or keep me from drinking whatever i want. If you have quit, let me know how you did it.
I used to be addicted to Dr. Pepper, literally addicted. I wouldn't be able to get out of bed because my migraines would hurt so bad if I didn't drink it for a day. I would crave it and think about it until I had to go get some. I would drink 3-4 Dr. Peppers A DAY! THAT IS OVER 200 GRAMS OF SUGAR! Disgusting! Then I realized how much weight I had gained from it which was about 10 pounds. Then I thought about the migraines I got when I missed a day of drinking it and I knew it wasn't worth it. I cut down every week less and less. Now I can barely drink half a bottle. You have to wien yourself off of it, just like a drug. It's painful - as sad as that is. I've lost all the weight and stopped getting migraines. GOOD LUCK!
drink carbonated water
start drinking vitamin water. Or go diet coke and pespi and everything.
Join the marine corps
God no, not addicted to the soda hardcore XD
Drink something else like flavored water.
good choice....
start by giving up...
DARK CAFFEINE FILLED SODA....
like...
COKE AND PEPSI...
and eventually work your self....
towards sprite and 7up....
i would research on all negative effects of soda
then start by only drinking only half a soda til you can get down to none
or stick to drinking non caffeinated sodas like sprite 7up or canada dry
After you get kidney stones from all the soda and have to pass the stones, you'll see the light and stop drinking it all together.
I was the same way..about 6 cans of Dr. Pepper a day...I drank a lot of apple juice which took the place of the sugar and 1 cup of vanilla flavored coffee in the morning to take the place of the caffeine
i fell the same way... i am addicted to pepsi ever since i drank 37 2 liters in 1 month so i could enter the codes and win a prize... i eventually won the grand prize which was a trip to the super bowl.. but i traded it for 2 x box 360s so now i cant stop drinking it... i know how you feel... it is very difficult to giv it up... especially if you arent the best when it comes to will power... but what you need to do is drink other things like gaterade for example... it fuels you and it tastes great... but i wish i could take my own advise...
good luck
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I was super addicted to soda. 2+ cans per day of ANY kind i could get a hold of. What I did to cut back was this: I started buying less cans to keep around our house. Then i started only drinking it EVERYOTHER DAY. I did this for about a month, then i went 2 days in a row without it. Then 3, then 4! Now the only time I allow myself to drink it is on the weekend (I say friday, saturday, and sunday are my "soda" days). Though, there can be a problem to this, you might start binge drinking soda haha, but if you have self control this approach can drastically help (remember: 1 can of soda per day = 15 extra pounds you'll add or have to work off in 1 year)! Good luck, this habbit is extremely hard to quit, also make sure your body doesn't react to losing/lacking so much caffine.