Coke, one of the hardest addictions to break. I’ve had a Coke addiction since I was 13 years old and it’s been very hard to quit. You know I’m talking about Coca Cola right? Haha! I thought I’d better mention that before people start assuming things, even though the whole idea of title was to catch you!

Anyway, back onto my story. I’ve never been able to assume addictions like smoking. As many teenagers go through their adolescent years trying new things and learning what they like, don’t like and unfortunately, addictions, there friends also get involved and the chain effect grows. My {awesome} friends smoked various things, taken absolutely crazy things and yet I’ve never found it to be addictive…only Coca Cola, why?

Firstly, if you’re asking the exact same question, let’s put a few things into perspective. Coca Cola has the following:

• High Sugar Content (65g per 600ml)
• Caffeine
• Food Acid
• Flavour
• Mixture of “Spices”

Any of the above gets tasted by a child or a young adult will send their brain into a mind altering state. Of course, the younger you are, the easier your mind gets used to it… i.e. Like when we practice walking at a young age — we never forget, do we?

So what are my recommendations? It’s clearly simple: Reprogram your mind.

Before you start attesting this etc, It’s hard to reprogram your mind, especially as you grow older with certain habbits and addictions. However, It’s always easier to help another than yourself so let’s hope this helps me along the way too!

Step 1: Don’t go cold turkey. The receptors in your brain will go absolutely nuts because they’ve been used to something for so long, it’s part of the daily grind. You need to back off slowly and surely, positively moving forward every day, every hour and minute.

Step 2: Transform your mind into a new routine. Stop doing your usual things, mix it up. Get a calander and write down which days you will drink and stick by it. Then two weeks later, scribble a day off and have 1 “Coke Day” less.

Step 3 – Important: Water, water and water. This is the most vital step as our bodies are always craving water, we just don’t admit it. The more you drink water, the less dehydrated you are and the less you crave because you’re getting needed minerals etc.

I have just started this and will keep everyone informed on my progress but do something for me, let me know how you are going — I will post you up here so you can see it! Just make a comment and we can go from there!

Here we go….Bye Bye Coke!