How do I break a fizzy drink addiction?
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Club soda or seltzer is a good start, if you want the fizz but not the sugar/flavor. If it's the taste you like, try the syrup they make for fizzy water.
I kicked mine by winning a weight loss bet with a friend. Depression and anxiety caused the weight to come back, but I still haven't had a soda in three years.
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Replace with something else - back when I was actually addicted to soda, I realized how expensive it all was and replaced it with drinking tea.
Of course, might not be viable if you're an american.
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Carbonated water helps
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FYI SodaStream is made in occupied West Bank territories.
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I'm cured
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things can be psychologically habit forming, like biting your nails or plucking body hair
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I did it, it started with not buying them and not including in any ordering of food, delivery or in restaurants.
Step 1 was to replace it with sparking water and mixing a spoon or two of raw fruit reduction (no aded sugars or anything) (my wife kept doing this, while i did the cold turkey method i just coud not be bothered by this)
Step 2 completely replace to sparkling water only. (i kinda jumped on this, but sometimes used to use my wife's made fruit reduction, or sometimes she bought that from a local store, and sometimes i just felt fancy so, there is a method for a drink and here is how it goes.:
Step 3: Fancy option / only for special occasons (lol). You buy the sparkling water in botles, (for the 250ml) you add a tea bag in it and turn them upside down, and put it back in the fridge. Then 20 mins later, you can add agave syrup if you want a bit or honey. You can also add mint leaves, and just throw them in the bottle you are going to consume 30 mins later or next day. Combine things like this, and then you have a fancy drink in the dridge whenever needed. (i never left the tea bags more than an hour in the bottoles, i would always get rid of the tea bag and put the bottle in my edc bag when leaving the house or something). -
Yeah. Or they can start adding a little whiskey to each glass until they’re an alcoholic.
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It was a Christmas gift
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On the flip side, you can buy the CO2 bottle from other, compatible, brands (Indigo for example but there are others).
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My trick? Have severe stomach issues requiring you to cut sodas out completely, and then just cut them out. I quit full cold turkey, no more caffeine, nothing but drinking water for at least a year, and then I started with a couple teas.
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This is what I did as well. I also had to get some flavored water i found I liked the taste of and it helped to have a variety.
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that's disgusting dude. try soda water. fucks sake
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Also, Pepsi Max is a zero calorie drink, so 1 a day is hardly a lot. Three artificial sweeteners aren't the best for you, but OP shouldn't feel like they are ruining their health on that.
To this point, for me, it was all about the bubbles. So replacing with a seltzer water did wonders. Sometimes I still have a craving to pound bubbles real quick.
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American and I drink all types of teas???
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Rephrase this because you mention alcohol. Kombucha is non alcoholic and.. Has .5 percent alc. Volume. So fear not people. Good for the gut microbiome too.
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Thanks ml
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BDS puts most of the big bring junkfood on the boycott list. Join the club.
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What is BDS?
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The comments here are fucking wild.
Outside of the caffeine, there’s nothing inherently special about a fizzy drink habit that would make it remarkable from other habits when it comes to giving it up. So a guide like https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-to-break-a-bad-habit-202205022736 could be useful.
