20-01-2002 12:50									#1
	Addicted to Coke Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Man I go through 2-3 cases of Pepsi a week

How do I stop? It tastes so damn good.

Breakfast this morning: Turkey Bacon, Eggs, Pepsi

4 Pepsi's in the interval between lunch.

Lunch: Popcorn, 2 Pepsi's

Dinner: Applebee's Rib Basket, Beer....but rounding it off with big Glasses of Pepsi

since Ive been home I have drank 4 pepsi's

	20-01-2002 12:54									#2
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I'm the same way with coke (not Pepsi, ugh), and Dr. Pepper.

	20-01-2002 12:56									#3
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No wonder Coke & Pepsi conquered the world!

With the likes of faded glory running around it must have been easy conquering the world.

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	20-01-2002 12:56									#4
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Do you think they do this on purpose?

	20-01-2002 13:01									#5
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Everybody knows that the Bavarian Illuminati own Coke and Pepsi and all the other softdrinks out there!

It's elementary!

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	20-01-2002 13:06									#6
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I dont know what will kill me first. Diabeties from too much sugar, or smoking Or a bit of both?

	20-01-2002 13:08									#7
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7 UP YOUR'S FADED!!!

	20-01-2002 13:16									#8
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So faded do you have the same problem with decaf soda like 7UP or Sprite?

	20-01-2002 14:56									#9
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Fill a cup with your Pepsi and put there a steak. Return a day later to see what happened to it.
Btw, it's also a great material for washing toilets.

	20-01-2002 14:56									#10
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quote: Originally posted by faded glory Man I go through 2-3 cases of Pepsi a week

Oh my god, how can you live in that way?

	20-01-2002 15:16									#11
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A friend of mine drinks between 5-10 2 litre bottles of Dr. Pepper a week, money permitting.

	20-01-2002 16:41									#12
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Well, mostly anyway. Some people say they get headaches when they don't drink the pepsi, but i never did when I quit for a long time. It's mostly a habit.

I'm almost as bad as Faded is. Lately, I have been subtituting pepsi with milk or some kind of juice or even just water. But when I eat out I invariably drink a soda or beer.

At home I drink Pepsi

When I eat out I drink Dr. Pepper

When I'm driving long distance, I always have a pepsi or Mountain Dew in my hand or close by.

So It's hard to stop the habit. My advice is to just buy different type drinks. Juices, or milk or just anything besides pepsi. Don't try and quit it all at once or you will fail. Just cut back at first. Summer is approaching and the lure of a nice cold pepsi will tempt you but have some lemonaide instead. I find one of the worst times is during break at work. It's just a routine of mine to go into the lounge and get a pepsi and read the paper. Recently they took at one of the soda machines and replaced it with the different types of juices.

	20-01-2002 17:22									#13
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I drink a fair bit of the "Diet" stuff, so I don't get the sugar rush. I temper the caffeine intake by drinking the fizzy stuff sans caffeine. I do drink too much fizzy stuff out of habit though - but I don't drink tea/coffee or any other caffeine drinks, so hopefully that cancels out.

Unfortunately there is not much else to drink but water - so why not carbonated flavoured water. Is nutrasweet bad for you?

	20-01-2002 17:54									#14
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quote: Originally posted by faded glory Do you think they do this on purpose?

Duh,

We are talking about companies (Coke and Pepsi) that fought a war in Thailand in the '80s (with guns and dynamite) shooting and blowing up each other's distributors. Coke has called in death squads in Colombia and Guatamala to kill union organizers. Pepsi works with a government that practices slavery (Myanmar). You think they have any qualms about addicting you?

	20-01-2002 18:03									#15
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It's a combination of the caffene and the sugar. My advice, ween yourself off one, then the other. I first switched from Coke to Sprite. After two weeks of Hell (caffene addiction withdrawls is not pretty--but then, neither is caffene addiction), I didn't need it any more. After about a year, I stopped driking so much Sprite, and now I hardly have sweet soda at all (I still will go in for ginger ale or any of the hand crafted sodas, but rarely).

BTW, my best friend's dentist told him that that he had to quit drinking soda. He was drinking so much (about 1 2-liter bottle a day) that he was dissolving the enamal on his teeth.

As for the caffene addiction, I decided to break the habit just in order to get some sleep, but I got two unexpected benefits. The daily headaches I'd had for well over ten years were gone within two weeks of going cold turkey and my constant heartburn went away. I could now sleep through the night without waking up multiple times a night. If I have more than one Coke or cup of coffee in a day and if I have it later than lunch, all of the symptoms return.

One of the smartest things I ever did.

	20-01-2002 19:25									#16
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It's simple, instead of pouring a glass of pepsie, pour a glass of nice cold ice water, and drink that instead.

I used to drink as much as 2 litres of sprite everyday, all it took was a brita water filter to get me drinking water again (not very good water where I lived)


And yes, they do this on purpose... of course, it's illegal to put addictive substances in it these days. But they can still make someone psychologically need it.

	20-01-2002 19:42									#17
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Disgusting, just disgusting.
How about Kool Aid, if you don't want just plain water?
Or orange juice?

	20-01-2002 20:02									#18
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara BTW, my best friend's dentist told him that that he had to quit drinking soda. He was drinking so much (about 1 2-liter bottle a day) that he was dissolving the enamal on his teeth. .

The sugar or the acid?

	20-01-2002 20:18									#19
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The acid. The acid in Coca-Cola is very strong stuff. If you drop a tooth in a glass of Coke, it will dissolve it completely in about a week.

	20-01-2002 20:22									#20
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Find a car battery with corrossion all over it, and pour some coke on it. .
Watch.
That could be your stomach.

	20-01-2002 20:33									#21
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I thought I was addicted only drinking 2-3 cans a day.

	20-01-2002 20:34									#22
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What does he mean by case? A 6-pack? 12-pak? 24-pack?

	20-01-2002 20:39									#23
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I used to drink about 2 liter cola per day.

I stopped because I wanted to lose some weight and drank water (Spa) instead. Damn... that was the easiest 12 kilo's ( 26,4 pounds ) I ever lost!! Okay I worked out 1,5 hours per week but still... I played soccer every week when I was at school (and drinking cola) and I only gained weight.

	20-01-2002 20:41									#24
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara What does he mean by case? A 6-pack? 12-pak? 24-pack?

A "case", or "suitcase" is 24.
The kid has a definite problem.

	20-01-2002 21:12									#25
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Drink beer instead. It's probably healthier, and it's definitely better.

	20-01-2002 22:28									#26
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Does Sprite do anything to your teeth? Mine are unhealthily yellow, although not getting anymore yellow, and my dentists can't really say what it was that happened.

	20-01-2002 22:31									#27
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Its very easy to cut down on the number of carbonated drinks each day, buy larger bottles.

	20-01-2002 23:06									#28
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If I drink enough water, then I'm too full to drink carbonated beverages. Just like if I eat enough celery, I'm too full to eat food that actually has a caloric value to it.

	20-01-2002 23:06									#29
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"Its very easy to cut down on the number of carbonated drinks each day, buy larger bottles."


That's an excellent illustration of the concept of mass rationalization.

	20-01-2002 23:06									#30
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Find a car battery with corrossion all over it, and pour some coke on it. . Watch. That could be your stomach.

You reckon carbonic acid in fizzy drinks is more acidic than the hydrochloric stuff in your stomach? Surely drinking Perrier should be as bad for you?

Don't some fizzy drinks have acid stabilisers in them?