I'm addicted to coke please help.?!
Question: how do I stop? I stopped drinking coke but now I can't. Is it ok just to drink it once and a while, like diet coke or diet pepsi?
Answers: how do I stop? I stopped drinking coke but now I can't. Is it ok just to drink it once and a while, like diet coke or diet pepsi?
one of the tricks i use (i'm a total on/off addict myself), is for every glass or bottle of coke you drink, drink that same amount of water.
one of the reasons you keep going back to coke is because you are thirsty - the trouble is coke (and other caffeine drinks like coffee) actually make you more thirsty. when you have a drink of coke your head goes "great i've had a drink, i can't be thirsty" but your body is still dehydrated - so you CRAVE MORE!
it also helps with the headaches you get if you go cold turkey. a lot of people mistake caffeine headaches for general dehydration - so you need to up the water no matter what you do.
the other comments here are totally right. cut back a little more each day and you'll be coke free (or at least coke limited... lol) in no time.
good luck!!
if your tallking about cola then, the diet stuff is actually worse then regular cola because they still contain sugar and aspertaim. best to slowly cut back on it then cut it out all together.
I feel your pain..coke is just too good!!
ween off, i though i was hopeless too...
one day one, the next 3/4, the next 1/2 and so on, and youll be off in no time, make sure nothing in its place is inhibiting you though( coffee for caffine for example)
You will get withdrawal symptoms if you stop drinking caffeine cold turkey. Taper off slowly, switch to caffeine free coke or caffeine free diet coke for most times. It's hard because there's not a lot of caffeine free alternatives for dinner.
Dana
Oh, I hear ya
Me too!!!! I think they put something addictive in it or something. But whenever I try to stop drinking coke, I get migraine headaches.
Drink Sprite...
At least you're not like the Blond that was snorting "coke" and drowned. Her twin sister told everybody she OD's on coke.
I had the same problem... No worries... Try switching to fresh lime water.... It tastes good and is healthy.. Doing this is not so tough, from experience... All the best!!!
try to stop like drink water more often then caffine.
WATER
#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
(Likely applies to half the world population.
)
#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.
#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
#5. Lack of water, is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
#8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
Are you drinking the amount of water you should drink every day?
COKE
#1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
#2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
#3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
#4.
To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
#5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
#6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
#7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
#8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
#1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.
#2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
#3.
The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean engines of the trucks for about 20 years!
Now the question is, would you like a glass of water? or Coke?
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The average pH of soft drinks, e.g. Coke, Pepsi is pH 3.4. This acidity is strong enough to dissolve teeth and bones! Our human body stops building bones at around the age of 30.
After that, it'll be dissolving about 8 -18% of the bones each year through the urine depending on the acidity of the food intake (acidity does not depend on the taste of the food, but on the ratio of potassium/calcium/ magnesium/ etc. to phosphorus). All the dissolved calcium compounds accumulate in the arteries, veins, skin tissue, and organs.
This affects the functioning of the kidney (kidney stones). Soft drinks do not have any nutritional value (in terms of vitamins and minerals). They have higher sugar content, higher acidity, and more additives such as preservatives and colourings.