Coke Addict

wexhun

Of the cola variety may I add. Lads seriously I think I'm addicted to d coke and its sooooooooooooooo bad 4 you. I never let my kids drink fizzy drinks but heres me sloshing back the cans in front of them while saying no you can't have any, shame:( . Is this all psychological do you think or is there anyone else out there in the same boat? What is in it that I have to have? Help:o

sturgo

I love the stuff. Coke is actually very good for you in fact. It's full of vitiman C, hi in fiber and calcium.

Scraggs

i've been there and its a slippery slope... At one stage i was drinkin 2 litres a day! Willpower is what you need, cut down slowly limit yourself to a certain amount each day.
Good Luck!

Pighead

You should wake up your kids immediately with one very big apology and two very large glasses of coke.
Such double standards I have never seen. Wexhun your a lovely lady but please please practice what you preach otherwise Pigheads making a call to the ISPCA.

DEmeant0r

I used to drink a lot of soft drinks, but I've cut back and I replaced them with water, but I do still drink the odd Coke Those drinks never did me any good...

Kernel

I used to bathe in the stuff, but I've stopped completely and drink water. Much healthier. Didn't fancy the diabetes later in life, or the rotting teeth/stomach.

Give it up and get into the habit of water, it's only a habit, seriously, and after you drink water for a week or two and taste coke, it's like liquified sugar.

Endurance Man

Coke is the devil!!!!! :mad:
Dont even get me started on this crap, lets just say its very bad for you, its a legal drug tbh.

rainbow kirby

I've gone 8 days in the last 6 years without caffeine. Diet Coke and black coffee are my weapons of choice. Some of my friends tell me I should cut down... but when I *do* cut down I get headaches!
I usually drink 2 litres of Diet Coke a day.

Endurance Man

rainbow kirby wrote:

I've gone 8 days in the last 6 years without caffeine. Diet Coke and black coffee are my weapons of choice. Some of my friends tell me I should cut down... but when I *do* cut down I get headaches!
I usually drink 2 litres of Diet Coke a day.

Sigh , why dont you just start smoking!

Ajnag

Uggh, Ive a friend who's only 22, his teeth are falling out of his head from that (nice)crap. He drinks about 1-2 liter bottles a day, know's he shouldnt but still do's.

I would suppose it's the caffine that's the addiction part, but fear not their's plenty of caffine alternatives that can do the job. Worth a try for the addict's among you.

rabbitinlights

I have a weak spot for coke, I normally have a nice cold pint with loads of ice most evenings, but I see this as a treat as I dont have it any other time and I dont smoke or drink tea/coffee. I normally drink robinsons orange and Pineapple instead.

S.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

in Mexico it has an almost holy quality - you give it as a gift to chieftains etc!

It is really nice - there must be something addictive in it...

Endurance Man

Fighting Irish wrote:

Diet Coke ftw

Whatever you need to tell yourself.

Fighting Irish

Diet Coke ftw

Gator

They should be shot, more money then the know what to be doing with,
richest company in the world (brand name) by about 10billion dollors, somthing like $67 billion there worth.

They should pump some of that money back into helping johnny "hasnt seen his pe**is in five years" smyth to help him getting rid of some weight, them and mcdonalds.

And while im ranting and raving:mad: they also hijacked santa clause, he used to be green!!

magick

Im a Pepsi man myself

Pighead

Gator wrote:

They should be shot, more money then the know what to be doing with,
richest company in the world (brand name) by about 10billion dollors, somthing like $67 billion there worth.

They should pump some of that money back into helping johnny "hasnt seen his pe**is in five years" smyth to help him getting rid of some weight, them and mcdonalds.

And while im ranting and raving:mad: they also hijacked santa clause, he used to be green!!

Leave Coke alone, they produce a product Pighead is very fond of.
If little John "Fatboy" Smyth is so greedy that he drinks so much coke he cant see his willy anymore then quite frankly tough titty.
Later Gator

Sam Vimes

i think endurance man's psychic. he quoted fighting irish before he said diet coke ftw. (twilight zone music)

cournioni

I hate all fizzy drinks, unless they have alcohol mixed with them. Too much sugar, and they leave a horrible taste in your mouth.

Megatron

I used to drink about 3 - 5 ltrs a day of coke about 10 years ago.

Now it's down to barley 1 ltr. but yeah it can effect you badly alright

Kojak

I drink about 1/2 a litre of coke/fizzy drinks a day.

It used to be 2 or 3 litres when I was younger.

WexCan

2 500ml bottles a day when I'm on the ol' phones. And then more at home. Someone needs to lose weight but it's sooooo nice

mickymg2003

I was Addicted to the Stuff a While Back And it is a hard habit to kick. Stop drinking cans, there nicer, Drink half flat bottles of it. you'll get sick of it eventually.

Oh and Pighead ISPCA = Irish Society for the preotection of cruelty to Animals
*Sorry im neurotic when it comes to things like that!!!No Offence!!

TerrorFirmer

I can't believe the amount people seem to drink on a regular basis as the norm.

I drink maybe a glass of coke once a week if even, and even then, I feel a bit guilty!

And whoever said it was healthy....lol

WexCan

I've tried to switch to water, so difficult.

Kojak

WexCan wrote:

I've tried to switch to water, so difficult.

Water just doesn't have the same kick in it, IMO.

red dave

i had a friend who i used to work with in a few bars in town and he was completely addicted to the stuff. the craziest thing was he could tell the difference in taste depending on the different SIZE bottles that the coke would come from as well as knowing if it came from a plastic or glass bottle, it was the funniest thing

Lump

I used to drink loads. Now I drink either Pepsi Max, or Volvic water. It's a pity though, I've got a taste for volvic water only. So don't drink tap water, or any other brand of bottled water, yes I can tell the difference!

John

Blue Peter

As a hangover cure diet coke FTW fo' shizzle.

thelordofcheese

Used to drink about 2ltrs a day when i was on work placement a few years back.
I had to stop when after guzzling some i got a horrible burning sensation in my stomach that took a good twenty minutes to clear.

Mr Magnolia

Used to drink a couple of 500ml Diet-coke per day, thought it was getting a bit much though, if I'd one a week now that'd be the height of it.

WexCan

Kojak wrote:

Water just doesn't have the same kick in it, IMO.

Indeedy. Just something about the taste......... *opens cold bottle straight from vending machine* mmmmmm

ARGINITE

My name is arginite and I am a coke addict.
I have been batteling this addiction for the last 8 years or so, in and out of rehab clinics:)

connundrum

When I used to work behind the bar I'd mix RedBull and Lucozade in a pint glass with ice... mmmmm... sex. Only problem was I'd have about 4 pints every night, 4 nights a week. Sleep wasn't an issue then, the detox was horrible though

*Shivers

Spicy Lauren

I'm off that stuff 19 years. Used to drink a lot of that stuff as a kid until I choked on it (went through to wrong pipe). That was the end of coke for me.

Man that stuff is so bad. Put some in your kettle for a while and it gets rid of the limestone for ya! Imagine what that does to your stomach!

WexCan

connundrum wrote:

When I used to work behind the bar I'd mix RedBull and Lucozade in a pint glass with ice... mmmmm... sex. Only problem was I'd have about 4 pints every night, 4 nights a week. Sleep wasn't an issue then, the detox was horrible though

*Shivers

We're all junkies, you can feel safe here

Spicy Lauren wrote:

I'm off that stuff 19 years.

Proving the point in question. It's an addiction.

Lump

Spicy Lauren wrote:

I'm off that stuff 19 years. Used to drink a lot of that stuff as a kid until I choked on it (went through to wrong pipe). That was the end of coke for me.

Man that stuff is so bad. Put some in your kettle for a while and it gets rid of the limestone for ya! Imagine what that does to your stomach!

What are you doing with rock in your kettle? Surely you can pick them out....

Oh, you mean Lime Scale! I get ya.

John

Spicy Lauren

Lump wrote:

What are you doing with rock in your kettle? Surely you can pick them out....

Oh, you mean Lime Scale! I get ya.

John

Oops :rolleyes:

Archeron

Spicy Lauren wrote:

I'm off that stuff 19 years. Used to drink a lot of that stuff as a kid until I choked on it (went through to wrong pipe). That was the end of coke for me.

Man that stuff is so bad. Put some in your kettle for a while and it gets rid of the limestone for ya! Imagine what that does to your stomach!

Try pouring it down the toilet, leave it a half hour and it gets rid of all those nasty stains in the bowl. May as well be drinking toilet cleaner. I also heard (dont know if its true) that cops in New York use coke for cleaning blood off footpaths after accidents/shootings.

MrJones

apparently people who drink fizzy drinks like coke or
fanta do so because they have stomach problems or other such problem and they cant help it.
they are addictive as well.

WexCan

MrJones wrote:

apparently people who drink fizzy drinks like coke or
fanta do so because they have stomach problems or other such problem and they cant help it.
they are addictive as well.

Would have thought it would cause stomach problems?

Royale with Cheese

PEPSI!!!!!


Ok I'll leave now

WexCan

Royale with Cheese wrote:

PEPSI!!!!!


Ok I'll leave now

Yucky!

Tar.Aldarion

It's nice...a girl I live with and I drink litres a day...must stop that sometime...
**** me, it's great though.

Dizzyblabla

I drink at least a 1.25 litre bottle when I'm on nights, but I don't drink tea or coffee and I need something to keep me awake.

I tried to give it up once, cold turkey, but I got horrible migranes, I missed the caffine I guess?!

Ciaran500

Yep, you get addicted to the caffine and the brain stops functioning normally without it.

Tar.Aldarion

Nah, i don't drink any caffeine during the summer months, just water and milk. No problems going from litres a day to none.

WexCan

Ciaran500 wrote:

Yep, you get addicted to the caffine and the brain stops functioning normally without it.

Well I'm effed then. I'll have to take a few days off work when (if) I give up. *is on to second bottle after the one earlier*

Ciaran500

http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/chemtech/99/jul/negli.html

"A small percentage of the population may experience withdrawal symptoms following sudden cessation of caffeine consumption, while gradual cessation over 2-3 days has not been shown to result in such symptoms. The most commonly reported symptoms are headache, weakness and drowsiness, impaired concentration, fatigue and work difficulty, depression, anxiety, and irrritability. Withdrawal symptoms generally begin ~12-24 h after sudden cessation of caffeine consumption and reach a peak after 20-48 h. They do not seem to be related to the quantity of caffeine ingested daily"

shroomfox

Enjoy your diabetes!

Tazz T

And the rest...

Soft drink consumption in children poses a significant risk factor for
impaired calcification of growing bones."

"Of the fifty-seven children who had low blood calcium levels, thirty-eight
(66.7 percent) drank more than four bottles (12 to 16 ounces per bottle) of
soft drinks per week, but only forty-eight (28 percent) of the 171 children
with normal serum calcium levels consumed as much soft drink S These results
more than support the contention that soft drink consumption leads to lower
calcium levels in children. This situation that ultimately leads to poor
bone mineralization, which explains the greater risk of broken bones in
children who consume soft drinks."

"Soft drink consumption may be a major factor for osteoporosis as they are
high in phosphates but contain virtually no calcium. This leads to lower
calcium levels and higher phosphate levels in the blood. The United States
ranks first among countries for soft drink consumption with a per capita
consumption of approximately 15 ounces a day."

James A Howenstine M.D.
A Physician's Guide to Natural Health Products That Work

In an interesting experiment the sugar from one soft drink was able to
damage the white blood cells' ability to ingest and kill gonococcal bacteria
for seven hours."

"Soft drinks also contain large quantities of phosphorus, which when
excreted pulls calcium out of the bones. Heavy users of soft drinks will
have osteoporosis along with their damaged arteries."

James Duke PhD
The Green Pharmacy : The Ultimate Compendium Of Natural Remedies From The World's Foremost Authority On Healing Herbs

"And watch out for cola soft drinks, which are very high in bone-dissolving
phosphorus."

Marion Nestle
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition (see related ebook
on nutrition) and Health (California Studies in Food and Culture)

"I was amazed to learn," he testified, "that the beverage contained
substantial amounts of phosphoric acid. . . . At the Naval Medical Research
Institute, we put human teeth in a cola beverage and found they softened and
started to dissolve within a short periodS The acidity of cola beverages ...
is about the same as vinegar. The sugar content masks the acidity, and
children little realize they are drinking this strange mixture of phosphoric
acid, sugar, caffeine, coloring, and flavoring matter."

Carol Simontacchi
The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children

"One liter of an aspartame-sweetened beverage can produce about fifty-six
milligrams of methanol. When several of these beverages are consumed in a
short period of time (one day, perhaps), as much as two hundred fifty
milligrams of methanol are dumped into the bloodstream, or thirty-two times
the EPA limit."

"What may happen, in the face of day-to-day, continuously high levels of
sodium in the diet and the bloodstream, is that we experience a type of
acute hypernatremia its integrity, but enough to keep our sodium potassium pump slightly
dysregulated and throw off the electrical system of the brainS. Americans
drink soft drinks that are often loaded with more sodium and which further
unbalance the mineral stores."

Greg Critser
Fat Land : How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World

"A joint study by Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital
researchers in February 2001 concluded that such excess liquid calories
inhibited the ability of older children to compensate at mealtime, leading
to caloric imbalance and, in time, obesity."

"One extra soft drink a day gave a child a 60 percent greater chance of
becoming obese. One could even link specific amounts of soda to specific
amounts of weight gain. Each daily drink added .18 points to a child's body
mass index (BMI). This, the researchers noted, was regardless of what else
they ate or how much they exercised. "Consumption of sugar [high fructose
corn syrup]-sweetened drinks," they concluded, "is associated with obesity
in children."

Samuel S. Epstein MD
The Safe Shopper's Bible : A Consumer's Guide to Nontoxic Household Products

"A study on the relationship between caffeine and fertility found thatS
just one caffeinated soft drink per day was associated with a reduced
monthly chance of conception of 50 percent."

"It should be noted here that soft drinks are the number one source of
phosphorus in the American diet todayS According to Dr. Steenblock, excess
phosphorus is one of the major contributing factors to the development of
osteoarthritis."

James A May
United American Industries Inc.

Marcia Zimmerman CN
The A.D.D. Nutrition Solution : A Drug-Free 30 Day Plan

"Sodium benzoate Sodium benzoate is used as a preservative (microbial
control) in foods, including soft drinks, fruit juices, margarine,
confections, pickles, and jams. Sodium preservatives add sodium to the diet
and reduce the availability of potassium. Some reported reactions to sodium
benzoate include recurring urticaria (rash), asthma, and eczema."