When we were growing up my mom didn't allow us to drink soda at home. If we went out to dinner we were usually allowed to have a rootbeer or gingerale,
when we were sick we were permitted sips of flat 7-UP. Beyond that, forget it. We had water, milk, and Kool Aid.
I left for college when I was 17 and quickly discovered that the dining hall was STOCKED with all kinds of soda: Tab, Coke, RC, Doctor Pepper, 7UP. I quickly became a Tab addict, switching to diet coke when that became available. When I went home for breaks I would buy my own soda and drink away. Sometime during my senior year my mom began keeping diet soda in the house and everyone was happy.
I've maintained my addiction in good standing since September 1983. Sometimes I've switched to decaf soda or Diet Rite, mostly I've stuck with Diet Dr Pepper and Diet Coke. Always something bubbly, dark, and diet. Every morning I would wash the stale taste out of my mouth with a delightful swig. I'm not super choosy, I'm fine with flat-ish soda if that is all that is available.
I've decided that it is time to move on. Soda is getting progressively more expensive and Foo rarely drinks it anymore. My older sister, a Mt. Dew fiend, kicked the habit, too. They stopped because they needed to cut their sodium intake for health purposes. My sister also wanted to save some money. Both switched to unsweetened iced tea. I didn't even know that soda had sodium in it, but apparently it does.
For the last three weeks I saved all of my diet coke .5l and 20oz bottles. Today was the day.
I got a smashing fucked up nasty caffeine withdrawl headache and slept most of the day to avoid it. I guess that iced tea doesn't have as much caffeine in it, or maybe I was just pissy and sensy. We have some diet root beer in the fridge, but that is caffeine free and would not have helped me. For the last several months I drank diet root beer at night because it calms me and I sleep better - probably because of the lack of caffeine. Besides, it makes me think of my nieces because that is their favourite drink. I'm not even going to have that tonight though.
I cleaned out the car from my vacation with my niece (we were in Ocean City Mon, Tues, and Weds) and found a forgotten half empty diet coke. I slammed the trunk and walked away so that I wouldn't be tempted to gulp it down.
I need to move off of the caffeine a bit more slowly, I think. I have some audits tomorrow and I cannot deal with people when I have one of those headaches. Foo taught me how to make coffee tonight so I made some and put it in the fridge. I'll have iced coffee in the morning and hope that will help me.
I'm not concerned about the caffeine really, I'm mostly just being a cheap bitch.
Wish me well, or wish me dead. Just pay attention to me.
I left for college when I was 17 and quickly discovered that the dining hall was STOCKED with all kinds of soda: Tab, Coke, RC, Doctor Pepper, 7UP. I quickly became a Tab addict, switching to diet coke when that became available. When I went home for breaks I would buy my own soda and drink away. Sometime during my senior year my mom began keeping diet soda in the house and everyone was happy.
I've maintained my addiction in good standing since September 1983. Sometimes I've switched to decaf soda or Diet Rite, mostly I've stuck with Diet Dr Pepper and Diet Coke. Always something bubbly, dark, and diet. Every morning I would wash the stale taste out of my mouth with a delightful swig. I'm not super choosy, I'm fine with flat-ish soda if that is all that is available.
I've decided that it is time to move on. Soda is getting progressively more expensive and Foo rarely drinks it anymore. My older sister, a Mt. Dew fiend, kicked the habit, too. They stopped because they needed to cut their sodium intake for health purposes. My sister also wanted to save some money. Both switched to unsweetened iced tea. I didn't even know that soda had sodium in it, but apparently it does.
For the last three weeks I saved all of my diet coke .5l and 20oz bottles. Today was the day.
I got a smashing fucked up nasty caffeine withdrawl headache and slept most of the day to avoid it. I guess that iced tea doesn't have as much caffeine in it, or maybe I was just pissy and sensy. We have some diet root beer in the fridge, but that is caffeine free and would not have helped me. For the last several months I drank diet root beer at night because it calms me and I sleep better - probably because of the lack of caffeine. Besides, it makes me think of my nieces because that is their favourite drink. I'm not even going to have that tonight though.
I cleaned out the car from my vacation with my niece (we were in Ocean City Mon, Tues, and Weds) and found a forgotten half empty diet coke. I slammed the trunk and walked away so that I wouldn't be tempted to gulp it down.
I need to move off of the caffeine a bit more slowly, I think. I have some audits tomorrow and I cannot deal with people when I have one of those headaches. Foo taught me how to make coffee tonight so I made some and put it in the fridge. I'll have iced coffee in the morning and hope that will help me.
I'm not concerned about the caffeine really, I'm mostly just being a cheap bitch.
Wish me well, or wish me dead. Just pay attention to me.
