Hi Martha

I know exactly how you feel. Life-long Coke addict. My first childhood memory is me, 3 years old, getting my first whole bottle of coke, all to myself.

When I quit for the third and last time, I was drinking an average (but often more than) 12 cans a day.

If you want to give it up forever, I suggest you don't even have one. The first couple will taste bad, but familiar. By the third one, they taste great again. Very dangerous. It's probably just me, but I finally learned if I'm going to stay off of it, I can't even have one. It's been 9 months, but coke still sounds good, and I'd love to have one -- my desire for it goes up with my stress levels.

Anyways, pretty wordy way for me to say you're not alone!