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I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

Have you noticed any side effects from the habit?

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

It killed my very good friend oh. He drinks that very big coke bottle i think 1.5 litre every day. May His soul rip . Run from it like a plague cos its poison.

Rega99:
It killed my very good friend oh. He drinks that very big coke bottle i think 1.5 litre every day. May His soul rip . Run from it like a plague cos its poison.

How do you know it's what killed him though...?

OP, it's simple.

How would you like your diabetes?
Because with that much sugar, you'll be eating zero sugars son and treating sores that'll never heal.

The urge needs a brain rewiring. You need to exchange the habit with an healthier alternative.

Try to cut it down to one bottle first - drink half half. Drink water more.

The day you drink more than one, force yourself to trek home. Try Zobo instead too - from reasonable makers, not the wereys who use artificial sweeteners.

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

Start a documented 90 days challenge of no carbonated drink.

Buy a water bottle and fill it early in the money and focus on drinking it per day. When you wake up say I will drink lots of water today, read a lot about the benefits of drinking water and the dangers of drinking carbonated drinks. Tell everyone around you that for the next 90 days you won't drink any carbonated drinks and if anyone catches you drinking it your penalty is let's say 7500 naira

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

I was also like this for a while till I decided to change and now I seldom take carbonated drinks like Coke, Pepsi or Fanta.

You're consuming 1 liter i.e. 50cl x2 daily, that's very dangerous if you continue. It can cause diabetes, obesity, weak bones and teeth, even kidney & liver damage. If you observe your body well, you're probably bloated already.

The best step to take is to reduce it gradually. Instead of taking 2 bottles of pepsi daily, reduce it to 1 bottle a day. After one week, try going a few days in the week without taking it, maybe 2-3 days off within the week. Then try to stop it permanently.

Note: You will have sugar & caffeine cravings, but you have to fight it off, so drinking water would help in this aspect as well. Please take your health serious. Prevention is better than cure.

Shalom! 🙏🏽

You're ar risk of high blood pressure and high blood sugar as you grow older

The sugar + caffeine combination is what makes it genuinely addictive — it's not just habit. The crash after a bottle triggers the craving for another. So willpower alone struggles because your body is actually responding to a blood sugar dip.

Practical approach that works for most people: don't go cold turkey. Replace one bottle per day with sparkling water for two weeks. Your brain gets the fizzy sensation, which handles part of the craving. Then reduce from there.

Also drink a full glass of plain water before you reach for the Pepsi. Half the time thirst is just thirst and the Pepsi craving fades. Takes about 3 weeks to noticeably weaken the pull.

Thanks. I will do my best

cyberbro:
I was also like this for a while till I decided to change and now I seldom take carbonated drinks like Coke, Pepsi or Fanta.

You're consuming 1 liter i.e. 50cl x2 daily, that's very dangerous if you continue. It can cause diabetes, obesity, weak bones and teeth, even kidney & liver damage. If you observe your body well, you're probably bloated already.

The best step to take is to reduce it gradually. Instead of taking 2 bottles of pepsi daily, reduce it to 1 bottle a day. After one week, try going a few days in the week without taking it, maybe 2-3 days off within the week. Then try to stop it permanently.

Note: You will have sugar & caffeine cravings, but you have to fight it off, so drinking water would help in this aspect as well. Please take your health serious. Prevention is better than cure.

Shalom! 🙏🏽

meobizy:
Have you noticed any side effects from the habit?

Not really. Maybe elevated body sugar but I don't know if I have always been like that

hmmmm. May God help me o

Rega99:
It killed my very good friend oh. He drinks that very big coke bottle i think 1.5 litre every day. May His soul rip . Run from it like a plague cos its poison.

hhmmmmm. This made a lot of sense

ayoncox:
Start a documented 90 days challenge of no carbonated drink.

Buy a water bottle and fill it early in the money and focus on drinking it per day. When you wake up say I will drink lots of water today, read a lot about the benefits of drinking water and the dangers of drinking carbonated drinks. Tell everyone around you that for the next 90 days you won't drink any carbonated drinks and if anyone catches you drinking it your penalty is let's say 7500 naira

Just replace with a Healthy dopamine stimulating activity

Its mostly dopamine versus dopamine

There's an experiment in which someone with a smoking addiction went to see a Psychiatrist(it's not only for mad people) and he recommended that Everytime he smokes, he should drink a can of soda. The Smoking addict started doing that and after a while, the Psychiatrist told him that whenever he felt the urge to smoke, he should drink a can of soda. He drastically stopped smoking . He had made Drinking Soda a high dopamine activity as Smoking, so drinking soda stimulated the dopamine secretion his brain was used to. But, he later died of diabetes after many years because he replaced the smoking with an unhealthy activity.
That's why I am recommending a healthy dopamine activity like say, jogging.
Start jogging in the mornings while holding a bottle of Pepsi with you for a while. Drink from it at intervals during your jogging.
It ticks the healthy balance as jogging keeps you fit and healthy and helps in blood flow.
After a while, whenever you feel the urge to drink Pepsi, just jog a little, it should fix the cravings !
Or Exercising, Going to the gym, etc,... Healthy Activities

If you no cut am, diabetes go cut am for you by force.




Dem no dey tell person Na



I lafff your sugar level

I don’t know how you can. But start by drinking 1 bottle instead of two a day.

Drink that one bottle several times a day. Don’t consume the entire bottle at once.

I had this addiction but to coke
I later realized the addiction was tied to the bottle too

So instead buying Coke I bought bottle water

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

no wahala....the future would yell you if u aree doing the right thing or not

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

Drink Pepsi Max.. It's Pepsi without sugar
Aspartame you can drink upto 40 bottles per day

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

Sugar = quick pleasure
Caffeine = stimulation

You don enter...

Try taking just not chilled one a day, then one a week... You can replace it with water, if you like you can add 1 cube of sugar to the water,.after sometimes you will be free from it...

I was a victim... I take it once a month now...

if you have a job that is tasking and you burn energy rapidly you will be fine, but if you stationary i guess you stop at any means possible

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

by drinking Coca-Cola

Thank me later

Yoghurt and milk, I can't call it addiction as for me as that's what turning me off from taking alcohol

Even without tasting the 2 together, your stomach won't hesitate to say don't

daylay7:
I want to know how i can control this urge. I drink at least two pet bottles in a day. If i don't take it in a day, I won't be myself. How do I curb this behavior? I tried looking away, discipline myself but it is not working.

Maybe you should visit teaching hospitals to see people battling diabetes. I am sure you wont need a prompt to rethink things

Get someone to prepare Yoruba Agbo inside the same Pepsi bottle for you and always keep it by your bedside, so you can take a sip as soon as you wake up

Whenever you are craving Pepsi, your body is craving for sugar. You are prone to diabetes.
Go and conduct A1C blood test on yourself to know if you are non diabetic, pre-diabetic or diabetic.
Sugar craving is a big sign of insulin resistance. I am not a doctor, it happened to me and I discovered after sugar craving nearly killed me. I am up and running now.
You are a very observant person.
Go for A1C glucose test and thank God later.
Additionally, insulin resistance can have you craving carbs and sweets that instantly spike your blood sugar. If you've been experiencing strong food cravings lately — especially for sweets — make an appointment with a diabetes specialist to undergo blood testing.

Funny you, you're not addicted to Coca-Cola na Pepsi

Find a good alternative. Water

I started smoking cigarette at age 19. i clocked 40 last year. i stopped it at the eve of my 40th birthday. I'll be turning 41 next month, never go back. You can do this.

The substance you're addicted to tells a lot about the burden of responsibilities you have on you.

Dont buy it.....

When its not in ur vicinity, the likelihood of u consuming it decreases.

helinues:
Yoghurt and milk, I can't call it addiction as for me as that's what turning me off from taking alcohol

Even without tasting the 2 together, your stomach won't hesitate to say don't

Yoghurt is a very good way to combat that alcohol addiction

At least, Yoghurt has health benefits