Is it possible to be addicted to soda?

If I don't have a dr.pepper around 10 am I get withdraws. I grind my teeth and I shiver. Is it just because I am a fat ass who wants a dr.p or am I addicted to dr.pepper?

That's the caffeine and sugar in soda you might be addicted to.

People can be addicted to pretty much anything but yeah Soda is something that is pretty easy to get addicted to.

Sugar and caffeine as mentioned above are indeed something that is REALLY easy to get addicted to. But the symptoms you describe seems pretty nasty all things considered, I might want to let Dr. Pepper go for at least 14 days to a month, if you experience such explicit symptoms.

Partly because it could be something else, and if you after a month-ish still have such symptoms I would go grab a doctor pretty fast ^.- Hell I might want to consult a doctor before then, just to be sure.

Dude, you best find something else. Eventually it can lead to some serious diseases. Soda is one of the worst things you can drink. I am going to Walgreens today to look for men vitamins. I have not ever in my life taken vitamins. As i got older, i do want to start taking care of my body much more. I don't drink soda often, unless i go to the movies, but i used to back in the day. Once i saw that i can clean my car parts by leaving it in a cup over night, i didn't drink it any more. It should be banned. Even the government got involved and make them place warnings in the soda labels. Just saying, try coffee or something else.

Uhm.... Yeah....

Oh yeah definitely. It's the caffeine and/or sugar that's addictive.

Caffeine is for sure. Try and cut caffeine out completely and watch what happens. You will have withdrawals. Trust me, I have done it...

Yup. I am definitely addicted to it, myself.

You can get addicted to nearly anything. I'm personally addicted to soda as well. Doesn't have to be sugary (in fact I prefer diet) or even caffeinated. It's just gotta be carbonated, and it will satisfy and wake me up.

I used to drink nothing but Coca-Cola up until about 5 years ago, but switched to bottled water and don't remember getting withdrawals or anything. I did lose around 30 pounds over the next year due to that though. And I never had a tooth cavity in my life until I stopped drinking soda and switched to water, so that was weird.

If you're diabetic then you're body doesn't get the energy it needs from the sugar in you're blood which tells you body it needs energy which makes you eat when you don't need to, which in turn ups your blood sugar which destroys your body, and you're body is still telling itself it needs more... if you're body is telling you it needs something when it doesn't then you should probably go see a doctor before it shows up in even worse ways like nerve pain or blindness. If you're also consuming more than what you're daily calories should be and not gaining weigh without working it off then that's also a bad sign. And if you're always thirsty and having to pee a lot then that too is a warning sign.

Anyhow, for my caffeine fix, I put three bags o Twining's English Breakfast in the coffee maker and brew about 10 cups worth, usually about 8 or 9 at night, then I get it that way, sweeten it with stevia. I'm a sucker for it. I always liked coffee for the kick but hate the taste. Tea has become my drink of choice in last couple years.

I used to have an extra large Coke or Sprite whenever I went to the movies, as an indulgence, as I never drink them any other time (I go to the movies, maybe once or twice a month, typically,) and now I can't drink them at all without puking my guts out the night after.

Cheese apparently has addictive qualities, too.

That's the conclusion of a doctor and author who says that cheese has "morphine-like compounds" called casomorphins that attach to the brain's opiate receptors, making the food even harder to resist than its high levels of fat and salt already do on their own, according to a report in Thrillist, a website on food, drink and travel.

"In cheese, we get massive concentrations of fat and salt, which our highly evolved brains continue to love. Combine this with the opioid-like casomorphins, and cheese suddenly goes from 'very delicious' to 'obscenely tempting,'" the report said.

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/12/cheese-has-morphine-like-qualities-can-be-addictive.html

The stoics said to indulge in gluttonous behaviors in moderation, but considering modern medical science, I would say that certain activities are worth going without entirely such as soda, but I think cheese is acceptable for me.

no

I used to drink a can of coke with my lunch most days back in high school but ever since I started drinking beer, I find sugary soda like coke/pepsi repulsive.

Now I just drink a lot of coffee and beer. not sure I'm any better off but I'm pretty sure I have a physical addition to the former (been drinking coffee since I was 12) and a psychological addition to the latter (the need to have a beer to unwind after getting home from work).

as someone else said you can get psychologically addicted to just about anything. If a diet, caffeine-free soda satisfies your craving then you probably have this, if you need a coke/pepsi then its the caffeine/sugar

No, you're addicted to sugar and/or caffeine. Most likely caffeine if you're suffering withdrawal symptoms.

It's possible to be addicted to anything. Maybe not physically (although pop can be psychically addicting due to sugar and caffeine) but mentally.

yes, and Dr. Pepper has a surprisingly large amount of both. More caffeine than Coke/Pepsi, and almost as much as the discontinued Jolt cola.

Caffeine addiction because it is a drug.

Drink water. That's all I drink.

Soda is definitely addictive, but you know I make the choice to drink it, ultimately.

I think nobody's perfect, we all have something we do that's bad for us, but we keep doing it anyway. For some people it's drugs, for others it's smoking. I guess I don't feel so bad if the worst thing I do isn't something that can harm others, or instantaneously cause massive damage to me.

Caffeine and sugar are a very bad combo. Find a water/flavored water you like and stick with that.

I quit soda 7 months ago when I got serious about working out and getting rid of it for sure helped my weight loss and achieving my goal.

Yes, you can become dependent of caffeine and sugar.

A couple years ago, I drank at least 4 20 oz bottles a day and eventually I got to where if I didn't drink any (or only 1 or 2) I would get horrible headaches. You are basically experiencing a withdraw, just like with tobacco and other substances.

Your body can get too used to the caffeine and sugar. You will be really tired all the time because of the sugar crash. I stopped drinking softdrinks about a year ago. I can tell you this- it did amazing things for my everyday health. I'm now sleeping significantly less, and my daily energy is a lot higher.

I love soda... but it's just horrible for you

That settles it then

yes it's easy to become addicted to anything mate.

I drink water, Matcha Green Tea (1 teaspoon once a day), 1 small can of low-sodium V-8 juice (had to get used to taste) and 3/4 cup organic skim milk produced from 100% grass-fed cows for my breakfast cereal. Grass-fed because it's high in CLA and has some omega 3's. I never buy milk that is UHP (ultra-high pasteurized) because that removes all the nutrients.

Even though organic Matcha green tea has caffeine, there's too much good stuff in it to ignore, and the caffeine content is not too high. I only buy the high quality stuff from Japan.

But back to the topic....as others have said, people can be addicted to caffeine and sugar. My advice? Stay completely away from sodas of any sort, can present all kinds of problems later on. Go thru the withdrawal and never look back.

Everyone I know who is fat is also a daily soda drinker. The stuff is just empty calories and pretty crappy for your body. I don't allow soda in my home personally, though will let the kids have one on the occasion like going out to dinner. But yeah, as was already mentioned, most soda has caffeine/lots of sugar and that's what you are addicted to.

Yea, and after few days without it you feel poorly.

Sugar absolutely, to a much lesser extent caffeine. Start weening yourself off and you'll do far better w/o it.

Definitely. I've met some people who claim to drink around a gallon of soda a day.

Gallon a day? You sure? That sounds like a hell of a amount of soda to drink a day...

They might've been exaggerating a bit, but there's no doubt that they drank an absurd amount of soda. For instance, one friend always had a 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew on hand, and whenever I hung out with him he always manged to get through at least one bottle in a fairly short time period (and he'd start into the next before I'd leave). I don't think he does that anymore because his doctor managed to scare him out of it. Some people have no problem overindulging in whatever their chosen vice is, at least until it either catches up with them or they wise up.

If you're going to have one diet rule (besides not smoking and binge drinking) it should be no soft drinks.

I quit drinking soft drinks a couple years back. Now if I try, it feels like pouring acid down my throat, no joke. No longer used to that carbonation and I realize how horrid high fructose corn syrup really tastes compared to cane sugar. The hardest part is the first couple weeks or so when eating meals and having only water with it, but after that you get used to it and water will soon feel like it's quenching your thirst and be just fine with a meal.

There was a time when Soda's were just an occasional treat, usually on Sundays at the pharmacy where they served such things back then. Realistically just about everything should be occasional and not every single day because it's just overdosing. You notice the effects of consuming healthy vs trash a lot more when your older cause I grew up eating junk food and having whatever I wanted and was always healthy but I can feel a difference nowadays.