I recently decided that it was time to put a stop to my obsessive diet coke drinking. I was up to where I was having at least 20 ounces a day, if not more (usually more). It wasn't out of the ordinary for me to drink a 2 liter in a day, and go back for more. I also noticed that I had been getting more than my fair share of headaches lately, and some nice heartburn, both of which could be attributed to my excessive guzzling of my liquid bliss. So I decided it was time, and I was going to go off the drink. 
This all started last week, and I decided, to avoid causing myself certain death, that I would wean myself off and go down to one can a day. I guessed that that would be enough to keep the edge off. Boy was I wrong! I had one can on Monday, and was doing great. I had one can on Tuesday, and by the time I was driving home from work I had one of the worst headaches I have ever had. It felt like someone was driving a pick into the top of my head. I took some Advil (I know they have caffeine in them, but I couldn't help it) and that helped a bit. Day 3 was worse. I woke up with the pick ax in my head, and it never got better. I am pretty sure that I wasted almost the entire day at work, because I was just sitting here, staring at my computer, trying to make my head stop hurting! Oh yeah, it was a bad day. I got home and I just died on the couch. Matt was great and he ran to the store and got me some Caffeine Free Diet Coke, hoping that some sort of placebo effect would take place.
But it was on this day that I realized that I had become stupid without my diet coke. I was trying to make myself a warm delight brownie (I know, that is cheating too, but I needed it) and I was trying to add my teaspoon of water, and I couldn't understand why the water wasn't staying in the spoon. Then I realized (after three tries) that I was holding the spoon upside-down and trying to fill up the bottom. Oh yeah. No diet coke made me stupid!
By Thursday I was feeling better, and I am now on day 2 of absolutely no coke. And I am feeling pretty good about that.
This all started last week, and I decided, to avoid causing myself certain death, that I would wean myself off and go down to one can a day. I guessed that that would be enough to keep the edge off. Boy was I wrong! I had one can on Monday, and was doing great. I had one can on Tuesday, and by the time I was driving home from work I had one of the worst headaches I have ever had. It felt like someone was driving a pick into the top of my head. I took some Advil (I know they have caffeine in them, but I couldn't help it) and that helped a bit. Day 3 was worse. I woke up with the pick ax in my head, and it never got better. I am pretty sure that I wasted almost the entire day at work, because I was just sitting here, staring at my computer, trying to make my head stop hurting! Oh yeah, it was a bad day. I got home and I just died on the couch. Matt was great and he ran to the store and got me some Caffeine Free Diet Coke, hoping that some sort of placebo effect would take place.
But it was on this day that I realized that I had become stupid without my diet coke. I was trying to make myself a warm delight brownie (I know, that is cheating too, but I needed it) and I was trying to add my teaspoon of water, and I couldn't understand why the water wasn't staying in the spoon. Then I realized (after three tries) that I was holding the spoon upside-down and trying to fill up the bottom. Oh yeah. No diet coke made me stupid!
By Thursday I was feeling better, and I am now on day 2 of absolutely no coke. And I am feeling pretty good about that.
2 comments:
You're funny! I am sorry about your head though. You are better than me, I will never let go of my one-can-a-day!
Way to go! Caffeine free! How is your head doing, by the way??
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