I'll tell ya, I'm addicted to diet coke and stopped two weeks ago. I drink a lot of walmart selzer water now with a squeeze of lemon (the walmart brand doesnt have any salt or sugar) over ice. It was HARD at first, then I realized I had to take a sodium pill because diet coke has sodium and my body was missing it. Doing pretty well now, lost a pound, and I FEEL BETTER - which is the reason I decided to go off nutrasweet to begin with. I do occassionally have a tangerine diet rite since it doesnt have the nutrasweet.