I have a soda addiction! please help!

Question

i'm addicted to pop.. i don't reallly care for water but know it's better for me. how can i stop myself from wanting pop and drinking more water?

Answer 1

If you don't want to stop drinking it completly start buying diet. But one thing that really helped me ease myself off of soda was drinking green tea, I didnt like the taste at first but now i can't stop drinking it and its super good for you to!

Answer 2

Well I just gradually weaned myself from it. Try drinking something like tea as a healthy alternative.

Answer 3

try to reduce the amount you are taking in weekly basis

Answer 4

you can put flavoring in the water like kool-aid or crystal light lemonade packets in the water. good luck

Answer 5

stop buying it!  

Answer 6

try RC cola. that'll stop it.  

but, in all seriousness, this is a test of your will power.  an easier one.  use this opportunity to show your true strength as an individual.  you control what you drink.  I don't think there's a PA, popalholics anonymous, but you could start one.  lol.  

V8 fusion is a yummy and healthy substitute.    

Answer 7

Posting on Yahoo Answers isn't going to help you. You need to take control of life again and stop this yourself.  

Answer 8

My god, It's not cigarettes we're talking about here. Don't buy pop! My god it's called will power. Heard of it?

Answer 9

start eating hot foods i mean hot as in spicy so you will carve more water

and stop drinking sodas it has an ingredient that kills people or worse cancer

Answer 10

You are addicted to the caffeine. You can try reducing the amount you drink or cold turkey. However if you go cold turkey you may not be able to function for days or a couple of weeks as your body thinks it can't function without it.

I use to not like water when I was a kid. But when I got older I got a purification system and now I love it. Maybe you just need something like that. Even if it is a basic filter to just improve the taste. However, I still recommend a purification system. They clean the water much better and in the long run actually cost less per gallon than filters do.

Otherwise the only real way to tell you drink more water is to just drink more water. If you do you will find that you have better energy, better sleeping habits, better skin, less headaches, less muscle aches. All of these are problems from too much caffeine.  

Answer 11

i had the same problem but with red bull. i was drinking like 4 a day.

so i went down to 3, then 2, then 1. then i switched over to that vitamin energy stuff (i figured it was better for you) and had 2 a day. then i had 1 vitamin energy and 1 regular vitamin water. then a vitamin water only. then just regular water.

sorrry its long but it worked for me.

good luck.

:)

Answer 12

are you addicted to the sugar in the pop or the caffiene?  when breaking an addiction from anything its important to mix things up as much as possible. drink as much water as u can and change to a different kind of soda pop if u must have a soda.