well, i was speaking more of flavored sparkling waters, like the kinds that are in your neighborhood grocery, next to the tonics and seltzers. you know, cherry sparkling water, peach, etc...
they are the reason I was able to quit soda.
my addiction was terrible. 2, sometimes 3 12 packs of sprite or cokecola would be consumed daily.
I'd keep two cans of soda as 'backup'
I'd drink them even if they've been in the hot car all day long.
It took a lot to admit that I had a soda problem.
It took some teeth.
It took some of my stomach lining.
It took my paychecks.
I knew I had to give up, but I didn't know where to go for help
who I could turn to
who I could trust
One day while crawling through the soda aisle trying to get away from the coke-brands, i bumped into the bottles of water opposite, and lay in a daze, staring up towards the ceiling, past the guy with the mop that was poking me.
All of a sudden I had a moment of clarity
A moment of focus!
Literally, I focused on the bottles of sparkling water on the shelf.
I remembered the days in my youth when my dad would bring home a blue glass of Clearly Canadian, wild cherry flavored sparkling water, and I remembered how it tasted like soda. but cherry soda. so it was ok, even if it wasn't sprite or dr pepper or anything.
So I stood up, and looked at the ingredients - no sugar. Yea, there's three sugar substitutes, in very small amounts, but comparable to the sodas I was used to at that point, it's nothing.
I've been drinking about 4 liters per day, since then.
Like 8 years soda free
