I used to HAVE TO HAVE A 32 OZ DIET COKE EVERY MORNING! Or else I was screwed! It was critical to starting my day right. It rubbed off from my mom. She drank diet coke like her life depended on it and we were always stocked with cold cases in the fridge growing up. It took me about 3 months to totally kick it. I just flipped a switch one day and realized why the hell drink something that just makes me more thirsty. I've been without for about a 2 yrs now. Whenever i think about it now, my mouth just gets dry.