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[Gentlefish]

Water enhancing stuff is pretty good, and lasts me about a week each with heavy use. There's these Arizona peach tea and lemaonade-and-black-tea that are my current winners in terms of flavor, and they're both about 2 1/2 dollars a bottle of sweet concentrated goodness.

[Truean]

Well, I've had a bit of difficulty doing this, as I imagine it's a tad of emotional eating/drinking in terms of the soda.

I'm proud to say I've gotten the alcohol down to once every three weeks to a month, so quite a bit of progress on that front.

I've taken to putting in a bit of juice with the tea for flavoring. It's not in any scientific or specific amount, but it's a help and perhaps a temporary crutch for me. I imagine it's a lot like some of the "flavor enhancers" some of the people have suggested here. (Nothing wrong with those either, but this is cheaper). Alcohol and soda at the same time are a bit of a thing to quit, it seems.

[Bauglir]

That's certainly true, and diluted juice is going to be certainly healthier than soda (or straight juice, for that matter). Sounds like you're doin' good.

[gimlet]

If I absolutely *have* to have some flavor in water, a few drops of lemon juice gives it a nice lemony tang.  Especially good in ice water.  I rarely do it nowadays even though I always have a big bottle of costco fresh lemon juice in the fridge.   It's probably one of the least unhealthy ways to add flavor to water, but it's still a crutch...

[aenri]

Well you can even slice real lemons into water (after you wash them of course) and have lemony goodness instead of water.

[ChairmanPoo]

I favor rooibos because it lacks caffeine. Hence I can down litres of the stuff (which I cool previously) without ill effects.

You sure it's rooibos? Because a mug of rooibos transforms my sister into something akin a ferret on .

Very sure. Maybe she mixes it with tea? Pure rooibos is not an stimulant.

[Phmcw]

Tea with lemon juice is divine. Add one sugar per cup (much much less sugar than soda) and you have your 4 o'clock treat. Side effect my involve : support for the monarchy, thirst for crumpets, devolution of your abilties to cook.

[SanDiego]

Don't listen to them Brits, lemon is the worst thing you can put in your tea. Tea contains many healthy things, most of which are neutralised by adding lemon. Instead try something my friend calls  Huhu - squeeze half a lemon (the more yellow, the better) into a 1,5 litre bottle of water. Excellent especially in summer.

[KingBacon]

Tea and Coffee. I found out a few years ago that my body can't properly metabolize alcohol (and that really sucks as much as it sounds.) I pretty much went cold turkey on soda and processed sugar at the end of high school seven years ago and alcohol about 3 years ago. It's fairly manageable if you don't purchase it at the store and avoid situations where the stuff is free. (Since you really have to resist one temptation a week instead of continuously resisting temptation, which is exhausting.)

Now I live in the desert so I drink like a gallon of water a day, but if you have to be constantly drinking something you could make a big pot of ice tea on the stove and then store it in mason jars in the fridge. Coffee is my vice now (PhD student.)

[Truean]

Well it's been about two months and counting since I've had any alcohol. So that's good.

Soda, on the other hand is still a problem. I drink a lot of tea as well, and that's better, but damn if I can kick the soda thing. No idea.... I don't know. It seems I really like soda, or at least it's surprisingly harder to stop drinking it than I thought it would be.

I'm grateful the alcohol is significantly reduced at least. Nearly 2 months Damn it, my shrink says this is "emotional." That sounds difficult and perhaps expensive to deal with....

[SaberToothTiger]

Well, what I did was just dropping drinking soda at home and just drinking soda in school, in small quantities. Drink A LOT of water, it will fix the problems with the headaches, if you aren't too dependant on soda.

[MaximumZero]

Hey, Truean.

High five. It's a fucking hard road you're walking right now, but it's worth it.

Lemonade and limeade are what got me off the sauce/pop combo. I still drink a pop every now and again, but I don't really crave it anymore. Tea still has caffeine in it, which is what has you addicted to the pop (well, that and the sodium/sugar combo.) Cut the caf and your cravings for pop go down the tubes pretty quick. I gave it up cold turkey a couple of years ago. Since I work retail, I've had to do it after every holiday season since, but it's easier to do as time goes on.

Good luck, Commander, and stay on the straight and narrow.

[wobbly]

Do you exercise much? The more aerobic exercise you do the more your body will crave plain ordinary water to rehydrate itself. You'll find if you can get in to the habit of drinking a lot of water you'll find your body just asks for it the same way it's currently asking for soda.

[Truean]

Yup, trying to drink more water. That's a tad rough.

Thanks MZ, I really do appreciate it. I'll give it a shot.

Yeah, I do some some of that, but really, it's sort of a more desky type of situation. People don't seem to want me to move as I do. I make quick, calculated motions, and it sorta does not jive with how people seem to want others to move, fluid and slow.So, I've been not doing uite so much of that, and I think those movements are a large calorie burner. It also let me move with purpose, which helped with the emotional side of things.

Now things seem slower and less purposeful. People tell me to "slow down" and "relax." I have never had enough time to do what I want to do. I see everyone else around me as slow moving in comparision, and it seems to bug them instead of me. Go figure.
 
To clarify, I only got drunk to forget things, and it was probably a lot less than you might expect.

[MaximumZero]

This may sound a little cynical, but fuck 'em. Move how you want to move. They can get used to you. You should not need to change for anyone.