I really like my morning coffee! And my diet Cokes! And although I tried my best with green tea, I don't like it (tasted like hot, bitter water).

Occassionally I will go without caffeine for a while -- experience minor withdrawal symptoms (basically, I feel a bit headachy for a couple of days) -- but then I figure what the heck, my coffee and sodas are my only dietary vice.....

I really don't equate the "bad" effects from my caffeine to the bad effects from sugar.....