To be addicted to Pepsi Max and scared about coming off it?

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Iv always been addicted to it. I drink probably 1.5ltrs a day, sometimes less sometimes more.

I don’t drink anything else other than water and I don’t feel rehydrated drinking water etc.

But Iv decided enough is enough. I’m so grumpy if I haven’t had any.

I worry about drinking squash, is it as bad?

Helpppp I’m an addict 😩😩

I drink over a litre of diet coke a day. I know it's bad and I need to cut down or stop. I'll join you if you want stop.

Iv found fizzy water is a good substitute. Brought myself a sodastream

Get a sodastream and transfer your addiction to sparkling water.

Use sugar-free squash, I love Robinson's Squash'd summer fruits.

It's been approx 17 hours since I had some.
I did drink some of my daughter's Sprite when she wasn't looking though.
Progress....?

Not DC addict but major coffee addict - i am really ill when i stop drinking it after about 6hrs - migraine like headache including vomiting but it does pass and within 48hrs you feel fine again.

Best to do it when you have no commitments for a couple of days

Caffeine is an addiction like any other. I tried to give up 2 years ago. I had painkillers to help with headaches and forced myself to drink lots of water. It gets better after 4-5 days and I felt really good.

Unfortunately I didn't manage to keep it up but good luck.

I'm the same totally addicted to Pepsi Max or Coke Zero.
I get awful headaches and acid if I try to stop. Which surprised me, I thought drinking it would make more acid.

The price of it is terrible too. People frown on low income people smoking and buying alcohol I don't do that but the cost of Coke/Pepsi is a chunk out of the shopping.

I'm on my own and it's very rare I go on a night out. I don't smoke and very rarely have a drink so it's a bit of a downer to think about no cola either but I know it's bad and I hate that my dc see me drinking it all the time.

I’ve been addicted to full sugar coke since I can remember. I would literally beg my Mum as a child to buy it for me but she would always buy the supermarket own brand, which was nothing like the real thing. If I ever had any money I would be off to the local shop to buy cans of it!

This went on well into my 30’s but I stopped drinking it at home about 3 months ago and I haven’t bought any since. It was a combination of seeing the rising cost of it and the fact that it’s so bad for me that did it. I’m lucky that it’s never impacted my teeth! I still drink it when I go out but I only have one and then switch to something healthier. I’ve lost weight too, which is a big bonus!

You can do it OP- if I can, you can! 👍🏻

I have fibromyalgia and drink coffee in the morning and coke through the day to give me energy. Does anyone have any advice to what I could eat/drink instead especially for that first thing in the morning boost? ( can’t be a smoothie needs to be super quick and easy).

I feel a lot better when I’m clean. Sleep better and my head feels “clear” (hard to explain).

And of course I’m not spending money on it, or preoccupied by 11am about getting my fix.