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Thank you. I'm a habitual soda drinker, and I realized that after giving up caffeine (several times) it's really the taste of soda that brings me back; aka, getting my sugar fix throughout the day. I'm working on addressing this now even as I continue drinking caffeine, simply so I don't deplete myself of any self control.

Do you have any relevant articles on addressing sugar addiction? I'm not sure any grand strategies besides cold turkey.

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I've had a lot of success at slowly phasing sugar out. I spent a while consciously trying to put less into my coffees (it was a struggle sometimes), and now I drink it without suger.

Likewise I mix my on soft-drinks from cordial + soda water (seltzer) and i've scaled it back to the point where I often prefer the water plain.

The great thing about it is I use the sugar as a hit for its own sake now if I'm feeling tired/whatever. It doesn't last long, but it can be a great way to get yourself going.

I cut out regular and diet soda entirely, switching to green tea and san pelligrino carbonated mineral water, in January 2011.

There's really no way to do it other than cold turkey, but similarly to kicking morphine for heroin after the civil war, it's easiest to do cold turkey by replacing with something better. :)

Gradual descent.

I used to put 4 teaspoons of sugar in my tea, it just wouldn't taste right without it. Then I decided to cut down. So I started reducing it in very gradual steps. 6 months down the road, I was down to 1.5 teaspoons.

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