Saturday, December 3, 2011

My One True Love-Diet Coke

I LOVE diet coke! If there were a support group, or a diet coke anonymous I would go. I have tried several times throughout the last 10 years to break myself from this habit...enduring horrible caffeine withdrawal headaches for days....only to return to that lovely silver can a month later. There is just something about those refreshing brown bubbles that make me feel so good. When I'm tired...I grab a diet coke. When I'm sad...I grab a diet coke. When my house is a mess and my kids are insane and I feel like I just want to get in my car and drive away...I grab a diet coke.

I suppose I should be lucky that I am addicted to such a cheap, mostly harmless drug (think of how much I would spend a year if I was addicted to cigarettes or Vicodin)! I don't know if anyone else also believes this...but diet coke is even better from McDonald's! I have heard that it is the straw that they use (it's wider so it lets you slurp in more of that delicious beverage than sipping from a can).



One of the biggest disappointments I can have in a restaurant is when I hear those dreaded words..."is diet pepsi okay?" I just want to scream back at that waitress..."NO IT'S NOT OKAY! It tastes nothing like my delicious diet coke." This drives my husband CRAZY because he actually prefers diet pepsi (I know, what is wrong with him!) and he doesn't believe there is anything different in taste between the two. I have actually been known to choose one restaurant over another because I know they serve diet coke.

I know I should be drinking water...but it just doesn't taste as good. There are no bubbles to quench my thirst.  It doesn't wake me up and feel like a real person after I have gotten up at 4:30am for work the last 4 days. It doesn't come in a beautiful silver can with that cute new logo (yes-I LOVE the new logo). Maybe someday I will overcome this addiction...but for now I will keep by 24 pack stashed in the back of my mini-van and hope that it doesn't freeze this winter and explode all over before I get to enjoy it's delicious goodness.

 

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  1. Kelly GomezDecember 3, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    Rachael this made me laugh SO hard because I feel the same exact way about regular Coke. I SWEAR I was just sitting here thinking I wanted to go out and get breakfast and that I should get it from McDonald's because Coke is so good from there. How weird is that?

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  2. RachaelDecember 3, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    I think it is a sign that you should definitely go to McDonald's and get a regular Coke (and drink it through that perfect straw)!

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  3. Kelly GomezDecember 3, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    I totally did and thought about you the whole time I was drinking it! lol

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  4. PollyDecember 5, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    I could have written this about Coke Zero (I switched from Diet Coke a while back). LOVE IT! PS Are you ever worried about the aspartame? I am but I can't give it up.

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  5. RachaelDecember 5, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    I never worry about any of that stuff. One minute something is bad for you (chocolate, wine), the next minute something is good for you (chocolate, wine). We are all going to die of something so I try not to think about any of that stuff. Life is short and you gotta enjoy what you LOVE-like DIET COKE (or Coke Zero)

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