Xpression.v2

Anyone who knows me will easily tell you that I’ve been a soda addict for years. Recently, after my root canal, I swore off the sugary sodas for their sugar free cousins, the diet sodas. I thought this would surely save my teeth. This however was a box of lies and falsehoods. The damn diet sodas are technically worse because they have a higher acidity, which just happens to be the means through which soda does damage to your teeth. Son of a…..fuck!

I can’t win. I’ve long lost the two liter bottles of soda that I used to keep in my house just for myself and don’t even come close to the 6 - 10 liters of the stuff I used to drink a week from those bottles alone, never mind side portions. Generally speaking, I’ll have a Snapple with lunch at work and I just started treating myself to one can of diet soda a day. However, once I’m done with these damn cans of diet soda, I’m going back to regular soda and will continue to moderate myself.

Honestly, it’s tough. I’m hoping that my moderation is more than enough to curtail any future problems and I’ve decided to once again start using a fluoride mouth wash that serves to strengthen one’s teeth.

Do you guys think it’s enough? I’d love to not drink soda any more, at all, but every time I try to quit completely, I go nuts. Who knew this shit would be so addictive. I figure, though, down from 10 liters a week to, maybe, one (at the very most, I doubt even that much), is pretty good? Right? Yes? Somebody assure me that I’m not fucked no matter what.

Update: I was wrong. Diet soda, while not good for your teeth, is less damaging than regular soda since it has a lower pH level. I read the numbers as 2.5 (regular) and 3.2 (diet) and forgot that acidity gets lower as the pH approaches 7. My bad. Still, it’s not nearly as undamaging as I though. Damn this reality.

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