I can't stand the thought of drinking Coke now. It's way too sweet, and I know what terrible things lurk in it. When I was a kid, my mom would get a few glass bottles of Coke a week, and we would have a few, but my dad would drink most of them. She returned the bottles to the store every week to get the bottle deposit money.

When caffeine-free Coke came out, that's all she would buy. She didn't want us running wild. Lol.

No one I know drinks Coke now, or any other soda. We all know it's pure junk. One of my friends from college was in the habit of drinking a huge amount of Diet Coke every morning for his caffeine fix. He is severely overweight now. I think he probably still drinks it, but we haven't been in touch in a few years.

If I ever get the urge for a soda, which I hardly ever do, it's usually on a really hot day, and I just make my own by mixing carbonated water with orange juice. That's about as soda-y as I will go, and it's not often. My main drinks are water and green or white tea (with Manuka honey in the tea).