It’s time. I hate to do it, but I simply must, must give up Diet Coke.
This is gonna be really hard. I don’t remember when I started the serious Diet Coke habit (probably when I started working at Burger King at 16), but it has been a serious habit for nearly thirty years.
I first knew it was a crutch when I attended college and would line up three smallish (8 or 10 oz…this was long before supersize) cups of Diet Coke and one small cup of ice on my cafeteria tray at every meal, including breakfast. Later on, fasting for five months was palatable because I found (despite advice to abstain) that I could drink just 600 cals a day as long as I could also have my Diet Coke.