I'm a (Diet)Cokehead

My name is Alison, and I have an addiction.  I crave it everyday, and have only gone about a week without  it.  What is it, you ask?  It's evil and wonderful and bad for you and so good on your tastebuds.  It's...Diet Coke.  I love Diet Coke.  I want to drink it every single day.  I do drink it almost every single day.  If I don't have a Diet Coke in the morning, by the afternoon I am craving it so badly that I will spend as much time as it takes to justify in my mind why it's ok if I drink just one.  I always promise myself that I will stop drinking it tomorrow if I can just have one today.  But I am declaring here on my blog that today is the last day that I will drink Diet Coke!  I am counting on you to hold me accountable.  Public shaming is totally acceptable.

You may be wondering why I'm so concerned about Diet Coke.  It's not like I'm an alcoholic or use drugs, and as far as vices go, it's seems pretty harmless.  (I tell myself this every day when trying to justify an afternoon fix.)  Well, when I asked my doctor if he had any advice about how to alter my eating habits, he had two things to say.  One, model your diet after those cultures who seem to live the longest, namely Mediterranean cultures.  Lots of veggies, olive oil and fish.  Two, stop drinking Diet Coke.  It affects your nerves in the same way as certain nerve diseases.  He said he had been doing lots of research about it because he loved Diet Coke too, and had realized that it was one of the worst things you could put in your body.  Plus, I've read lots of articles about how the chemicals in Diet Coke actually preserve your fat cells.  Who wants to preserve their fat cells??  Not this girl.  I don't do Brazilian Booty Lift workouts just to have my fat cells preserved behind a Diet Coke forcefield!  So, since then, I've tried my hardest to quit.  And I can't.  It made me realize just how addicted I was/am.  I need your help with this addiction!  I wonder if there's room for me with Lindsey in the Betty Ford clinic.