Comments on: How to Stop Drinking Soda

By: Will

Will — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:04:46 +0000

Hi Cheryl – Take a look at this comment.

It is a tough addiction to kick but if you can do it you will feel a lot better. You will also gain the confidence to not worry too much about relapse. I was never a big soda drinker, but I did drink it regularly when younger. Now if I have 2 or 3 root beers a year that is it. I don’t have to work at it at all now and if I am out somewhere and do feel like a non-caffeinated root beer, I don’t beat myself up about it.

There are also a few other helpful tips in some of the other comments.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:44:24 +0000

I gave up soda two years. And I end up craving it so bad. I end up going back. I have tried diet soda and get a stomach ache. So that did not work. But, if I don’t drink it I do get headaches. So every time I got a headache I would drink one can. Then I would not drink any more until I got another headache. I went down from 12 cans down to 2 sometimes even 1 day. That did work. But giving it up totally . Haven’t been able to stick with it. If anyone have ideas about how I can stop the crave. I would be willing to try.

By: dana

dana — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:30:19 +0000

i have not had a soda today and have not had a headache. at lunch i had milk and i feel like the headaches will get smaller. thank you.. now just have to quit sweets

By: Will

Will — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:41:04 +0000

Good luck Erin! You know I think regular soda is not so hard to give up once you commit to it. At least when compared to nicotine. Or maybe even easier than sweets and french fries!

Dana – Is the soda you are drinking artificially sweetened. If it is, that could be the source of your headaches. Or maybe the caffeine? That I am not sure of. You could head over to Linda Prout’s website and subscribe to her newsletter and email her with that question. She has been kind of quiet online recently, but she is a very knowledgeable nutritionist.

By: dana

dana — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:06:17 +0000

it’s crazy.. i used to never drink soda until i started dating my boyfriend.. we go to his parents place and there fridge is stacked with every kind of soda.. so i got used to drinking it all the time there and now i am trying to quit. Yesterday (unknowningly) i didn’t have a soda at all and i started getting a very bad headache.. i couldn’t figure out what it was until i realized i didn’t have a soda yet that day. It was so bad i went to get a soda just to make my headache go away. I don’t need soda but for some reason i have been drinking 1 or 2 12 oz bottles a day and i’d really like to quit.. how do i get the headaches to go away?

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:39:18 +0000

Wow.. I am very glad I came across this website. I’m quite addicted to soda… I drank diet for years, until my husbands aunt enlightened us on how horrible artificial sweeteners are for you.. so I started drinking regular soda (about 3-4 20oz glasses a day). I sit here now drinking a glass.. :/ After much consideration, weight gain, kids telling me not to drink (they are 3 5 and 7) and my husband..who finally gave up telling me I should quit drinking… I believe this is my last 2 liter! I am thinking I will stick to drinking ..first and foremost, water (with lemon!), and also the life water 0 calorie drinks (which are sweetened with the stevia plant). I’ve done my research on stevia side affects, and they seem a lot less potent then other sweeteners.. I am ready to do this, and glad I found this site to just get that extra push I needed..
Thank you!

By: Linda Toombs

Linda Toombs — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:03:42 +0000

I just ran across your blog and am very happy to see this information getting out to the public. After having been addicted to Diet Coke for over 20 years and mindlessly thinking I was doing myself a favor, I decided that when the price of soda skyrocketed last year, I was going to quit drinking it and stop supporting this huge beverage giant. It took awhile to wean myself off, but after several months found that I no longer wanted to drink it! I still allow my kids one soda per day, but after they started drinking a nutritional supplement called Soul by Rain Nutrition, they just “forgot” to drink their pop (on most days). I guess having the natural energy found in the supplement was enough for them.

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By: Linda Prout

Linda Prout — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:15 +0000

Kristy,
EFT and TAT are forms of energy medicine, a form of healing on the rise. I know it could help with the soda addiction; I have used it with clients with sugar and alcohol addictions. I made a point of learning energy medicine when I took off to go sailing and lived in the Med for 6 years – I knew I would not have my usual stash of herbs and supplements as remedies and I don’t use drugs.

Energy medicine is free, easy and you can do it yourself once you learn. It helps to have someone walk you through the first time. I use it for everything from a headache or knee pain to a stomach ache, or rash. I used it on a client with a torn muscle, and it gave her same-day relief when she had been in pain for weeks. I used it with a client with high blood pressure when nutrition didn’t work and her BP dropped in the first week. I have used it on clients with addictions to sugar and alcohol, with insomnia and even challenges around finding work! You can read more on my site by going to “Energy Medicine” or google TAT or EFT.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:15:36 +0000

Kristy – Mountain Dew is a tough one. I guess it is the high caffeine content but I have known a few people who have tried and failed to break that habit. The key is probably to do it with knowledgeable help.

Linda – interesting you should mention that combo. In this summer weather I come home dehydrated even when I drink enough water at work to feel bloated. Almost every day when I get home I drink a very large glass of sparkling water with some pomegranate juice, cut with about 1/2 plain water. Really hits the spot.