… and it is all my fault!
When B and I first started dating, his foolish Yankee-self had no idea the importance of your soft drink choice. To him, soda was soda and he didn’t really have a favorite.
Then I came along and showed him the light.
Why hello Nectar of the Gods. How have you been lately? I know that picture is a little old, but that is how I will always remember you. (Anyone else notice that is (one of) the former Dr. Pepper logo design?)
Tis true fellow readers, the day B met me is the day I turned him into an addict.
Now, I love my Dr. Pepper too, always have and I always will, but I understand the importance of limiting your soft drink intake. I try to limit myself to one drink a day, typically my morning pick me up. Weekends are harder and sometimes I need a boost at lunch, but I *almost* never have a coke (coke=any soft drink. Texas/southern thing, remember?) after work. Always water with dinner or else I will be buzzing at midnight while I should be sleeping.
B on the other hand, well I am afraid I only have myself to blame. The man has a Dr. Pepper morning, noon and night, and several times in between. He will drink a coke before going to bed! This still amazes me and I still feel I have to tell him every time that he won’t be able to sleep and then every time he manages to fall asleep before me.
For awhile I managed to switch the family the Diet Dr. Pepper. It was hard and we all suffered, but I kept reminding myself of my reduced caloric intake. Several times over the years, Dr. Pepper, fully loaded, managed to sneak back into our lives. I think this time it is here to stay.
B and I both agree that we don’t love the aspartame we are putting into our bodies drinking Diet Dr. Pepper. While no calorie is a huge plus, the aspartame gives us headaches and who knows what else. We are kicking that artificial sweetener to the curb.
So once again we are back on the regular Dr. Pepper road and my only hope is that I can break B’s four-a-day habit this time around. Any recovering addicts out there have words of advice? I am not going to have to send him to rehab am I? Hopefully once we get back the cold chills and hot flashes the road to recovery will be much smoother.
MUST HAVE DP!!!!
I quit drinking soft drinks after high school, and now I cannot stand them! I was a serious Dr. Pepper girl, but since I kicked the habit it doesn’t even taste good to me anymore. BLECH! So if you’re ever able to give them up for awhile (I had to start substituting iced tea at restaurants to retrain myself), you probably won’t even like DP anymore if you ever try to go back.
Kari you utter such blasphemy!!! Dr. Pepper is not “BLECH!” it is as Megan says “the Nectar of the Gods”… Ok… I have a problem.
So, we went to POPS in arcadia last night and they have the original Dr. Pepper there. The kind that’s sweetened with real sugar, not sucrose (fructose?). Anyways, I have yet to try it… it’s waiting for me in the fridge. I will let you know how it is. I made the switch to DDP about 1 year ago. It was hard at first but now I can’t turn back. It is delicious!!
Many doctors (including my mother) say that diet soda will kill you faster than regular. Artifical is wrong. I too, am loyal to DP. But there is a place done by my work (that people only know of by word of mouth if you know what I mean) that has good Sonic ice and their…I can’t believe I’m gonna write this…their Coca-Cola is MUCH better than their DP. And I go get one EVERY day. And chomp ice all afternoon with sweet cola mixed in, just swooshing around…Delicious.
Damn, where are your meetings Brad? I think I may have a problem, too.
Haha I must say Dr Pepper is my favorite of the soft drinks, but I don’t drink soda hardly at all. Coffee on the other hand…
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