is anyone else besides me addicted to coca cola?
if i dont get my fix for the day i go mad, i get really moody and irritable. I know it's not the caffeine as i have coffee too.
I swear something is in it
2006-07-06 15:50:31 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
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2006-07-06 15:56:04 · answer #1 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I have an addiction to Pepsi Max.... Thank christ I don't like Coke or normal Pepsi beacuse I'd be a wide as a house.
I have 3 - 4 cans per day and If I don't have my first can by 10am... whoa watch out!
2006-07-07 00:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by Lily 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caffeine does affect your body. Coke doesn't have any special addictive agent (not since they made it illegal to put cocaine in it). Caffeine affects your moods and your ability to deal with stress. It's a fact proven in study after study after study.
I drink caffeine for medicinal purposes. My blood is a little too thick, enough to give me migraines. Caffeine thins my blood and keeps me off pain pills. But I ween myself off of it from time to time, to keep my tolerance down, and to keep me from becoming a beeyotch when I don't get any of it.
It doesn't matter the source of caffeine. It's the same chemical, and it has the same effects on you as it does everyone else who drinks it.
2006-07-06 23:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by mia_violenza 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cocoa cola and Pepsi contains many chemicals and ingredients that make you addict.It contains harmful chemicals and pesticides.Many places Cocoa Cola is a banned item.Pepsi is not as harmful as Cocoa Cola.Better avoid all artificial drinks and swtitch over to natural fruit juice for a healthy life.
2006-07-07 00:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its half four on the morning and i got up to drink 2 glasses, lol, yeah i crave coke like mad but watch mate it caused me to get hyper and anxious. Caffine is a drug afterall
2006-07-06 23:26:21 · answer #5 · answered by janeysmithster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep
Me and my hubby sit and drink 2 x 2 litres bottles a day,we just have to have it tryed other soft drinks but doesn't work.
2006-07-07 02:04:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i'm not addicted to coke ..yes they used to put cocaine in it when it was 1st made back in the late 1800's but they replaced it with some other ingredient that can't be given away cause its their secret recipe.
2006-07-07 13:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by momofthesouth2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm totally addicted to coke!! Pepsi just isn't the same.
2006-07-06 22:55:54 · answer #8 · answered by andreadawn99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my flatmate has an addiction, he has to have 2 litres of the stuff a day!
2006-07-06 23:16:17 · answer #9 · answered by Weapon X 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My glf's the same, she drives me mad with it. Whatever it is that makes it addictive they need to take it out!!
2006-07-06 23:02:08 · answer #10 · answered by Karen S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋