No, not cocaine...just coke for now lol.
So, the story starts like this: my wife is trying to quit smoking and out of solidarity I told her I would quit drinking fizzy drinks too. I am not really into anything else and I wasn´t going to give up football so coke was the only choice.
I have drank coke, pepsi and all kind of sugary drinks all my life, I have never considered them to be bad for you since it has always been a part of my normal diet. The reason I quit has nothing to do with me not liking it, I actually love the taste and I would kill for a coke or a 7up right now!, however I try to look at the positive side and think it will be good to cut down on the amount of sugar, aspartame and colorants in my life.
In Venezuela, being the Caribbean country that is, you can ask for a mango or a watermelon juice almost anywhere but being the idiot that I was as a kid I always asked for cold coca cola instead. Since I moved abroad (England, Spain, Argentina) I realized that when you visit a restaurant you pretty much have 2 options: fizzy drinks or alcohol. Hell I have even asked for a lemonade and received fanta lemon!!
So my solution has been the good old water! at first it’s kind of boring but then you get used it, if its dinner you could also have a glass of wine and who wants a coke when you can have a Malbec from Mendoza?
So far I am not going to lie and tell you I have seen huge changes in my day to day life style. I feel about the same physically but mentally it feels great to quit something that I know for sure its not good for me.