Addicted to Coca-Cola?

robmiller · 13 Jan 2007 at 16:45

Tom|Nbk said:
Say if i forget to have some or don't go to the shops to pick up a few bottles, ill get really irritable and be in a fowl mood, i normal can finish off one 2 litre bottle a day or a six pack of cans sometimes

I've drunk 2-4l a day every day since 2004 go me :cool:

Smiley Man · 13 Jan 2007 at 16:46

robmiller said:
I've drunk 2-4l a day every day since 2004 go me

go cold turkey for a week, go on, i dare you

Tom|Nbk · 13 Jan 2007 at 16:48

Gah, people have hinted to me before about being addicted, i guess i am then

, dosn't help that i don't drink alcohol so when im out i stick to the cokes

Smiley Man · 13 Jan 2007 at 16:52

try both, alcohol and caffeine go really well together

unless you're driving of course

Macabre · 13 Jan 2007 at 16:53

Meh, I once drunk 7 liters in a day of coca cola (don't ask why). All I can say is the worst bile/indejestion I've ever had in my life, you know when you like burp up acid stuff or whatever and it burns, that x100.

Will_3rd · 13 Jan 2007 at 17:01

as suggested it is most likely the sugar rather then caffeine (younger people tend to be less effected by it

)

must be good for the teeth as my dentist could tell you

converse_uprise · 13 Jan 2007 at 17:06

I drink around 5 cans of coke a day, and recently an additional 3 cans of red bull a day.

wouldn't say I was addicted though..

Smiley Man · 13 Jan 2007 at 17:22

converse_uprise said:
I drink around 5 cans of coke a day, and recently an additional 3 cans of red bull a day.

wouldn't say I was addicted though..

caffeine addiction is physical, you dont have any choice in the matter, if you stop cold turkey now you'll feel like crap for a few days

robmiller · 13 Jan 2007 at 17:23

Smiley Man said:
go cold turkey for a week, go on, i dare you

I tried to this week, couldn't hack it after two days of splitting headaches

Smiley Man · 13 Jan 2007 at 17:35

i think thats something do do with caffeine messing with the blood pressure in your head so when you stop theres a rush of blood to the head

or something like that

gord · 13 Jan 2007 at 17:52

I had a Pepsi from KFC today.. which i dont often do.. but it tasted like soap.. so i drank it all.. now just to wait for poisoning to kick in and contact my lawyer..

Snash · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:07

I'm astounded at the amount of cola you guys are putting away :eek:

I wouldn't be worried so much about the caffeine but the amount of sugar you're packing away ecery day must be seriously bad for you?

Pookie Bear · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:15

Tom|Nbk said:
ill get really irritable and be in a fowl mood

That's what it's like when you go cold turkey.

trojan698 · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:21

Anyone else watch that 'Paul McKenna will make you thin'? There was this fat bird who drank 4 litres a day! Had terrible withdrawl which was helped by tapping on various points on the body, quite interesting actually. It's called 'thought field therapy' (TFT).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_field_therapy

"andy" · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:52

i lost about a stone just replacing coke with water for a month and a half last year

, then i found alcohol and put the stone straight back on

masterk · 13 Jan 2007 at 18:55

Yes apparently one can of coke a day amounts to 1 stone in weight a year.

RetiredGreyFox · 13 Jan 2007 at 19:02

I have the Sugar free Caffeine free coca cola and I drink gallons of it. I always have a bottle in front of me and when I take a sip its like having a hit even though (as far as I know) its fizzy water.

trojan698 · 13 Jan 2007 at 19:08

masterk said:
Yes apparently one can of coke a day amounts to 1 stone in weight a year.

Wouldn't be surprised, thing is it's probably the easiest thing for me to cut out just because I feel like it's actually attacking my teeth, which it is. Coffee on the other hand..

Mark A · 13 Jan 2007 at 19:16

I think I'm addicted to Caffeine, if i don't have a brew in the morning i start to get a headache by 11am

. I usually drink about 8 to 10 cups a day so think I'm going to have to cut down at some point, or get decaf and just have a proper coffee in the morning.

I also like a nice ice cold can of coke or DrPepper from time to time, especially when i get a takeaway etc. I suppose if i didn't drink coffee id have to have coke to quench my cravings.

siscid · 13 Jan 2007 at 19:24

Yeah i used to be hopelessly addicted to coca-cola aswell..

but now im addicted to pepsi max ^_^ atleast its got no/extremely low sugar.