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To: ComputerGuy

I used to think I drank a lot of coke zero (yeah, coke. ignore the username, i was a fool 25 years ago when I signed up) before COVID but during the lockdowns it became hard to get so I started ordering it in bulk from Costco whenever I could. So I ended up with a tower of coke zero pallets in my office and I started drinking them all day, one after another. It became a habit, then an addiction and today I still do drink them constantly. This fall I plan to wean myself. I think it’s affecting me in bad ways, sleep issues probably from massive amounts of caffeine i consume, my throat bugging me likely from the acid, etc. I may try to cultivate a taste for teas, like green tea, but god I don’t like that stuff now.


13 posted on 08/09/2025 10:21:02 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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To: pepsi_junkie

Years ago I switched out soda for sparkling water.


14 posted on 08/09/2025 10:24:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: pepsi_junkie

I love black tea and drink it every morning.
I can’t seem to develop much of a taste for the green stuff.


15 posted on 08/09/2025 10:26:29 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: pepsi_junkie

I can emphasize with you as a coffee junkie, but I’m also a fan of Coke zero. I used to drink 2 pots of coffee every day, but have cut back to 2 cups. ANYTHING with caffeine is very acidic to your digestive system. Good luck tapering down your caffeine addiction.


19 posted on 08/10/2025 3:03:08 AM PDT by 82nd Bragger (Count to four except when in a helicopterw)
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To: pepsi_junkie

“I may try to cultivate a taste for teas, like green tea, but god I don’t like that stuff now.”

I never tasted urine, but assume that must be what tea tastes like. Even though my ancestry is Brit, I don’t see the attraction to tea.


21 posted on 08/10/2025 4:33:31 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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