Kicking the Habit!!!

Well...I've been down with a UTI since last Friday. I knew I was pretty sick when I didn't even want to drink my good ol' diet pepsi! I felt so bad and was really trying to flush my kidneys out, so I really pumped in the water and cranberry juice all day Fri., Sat. and even Sunday. I think I only had 2 or 3 cans of soda the whole weekend! For those of you who know me...you know that is a record for me! For those who don't know me so well, I'll just say this...I have a little refrigerator in my bedroom that is stocked with diet soda, and my alarm clock is the sound of Roy popping open his morning can of soda! For years and years I have known that all the stuff in diet soda isn't good for you, I've read the articles on how bad aspartame is for you, my brain knew it wasn't good to be drinking 3-4 big gulps a day, but my brain was just as addicted as I was!

I don't know if it was all the Motrin and Tylenol I had been taking all weekend or if I just felt bad in general, but I didn't really feel the terrible withdrawals (the headaches, irritability and cravings) that I have had in the past when I've tried to "kick my habit." I know, I know...I sound like a druggie! I'm pretty sure caffeine is a drug, at least in the quantities I ingest, and I loved the carbonation too...that's why other beverages just could never stack up to my good old diet soda! Anyway...by Monday, I had realized that without even trying and not really even meaning to...I had begun to wean myself off the "hard stuff!" I couldn't quit now, I was already over the hump! Well, it's Thur. night and I haven't relapsed yet!!! I'm not giving it up totally...that would be just crazy!!! But I am limiting myself to 1 per day! It might be 1 can, 1 glass, or even 1 big gulp, but for now, just 1 soda per day! So....I'm not saying goodbye to my diet soda, just... "see you around!"