Addictions Conviction

Ever since a little kid I have been ADDICTED to pop. I loved any type of pop. I didn't care what it tasted like, I just wanted carbonation and caffeine. I'm pretty sure that as a young boy I could not have stopped drinking pop if had tried. I was just that in love with it.

I was in this little town of Grinnell, Iowa putting together the state chapter show which I auditioned for last November. We took one week out of July to put this show together. One of the nights when I was there I was talking to another cast member. She let me know (while holding a coke in her hand) that she is basically addicted to pop, too. She proceeded to let me know that she did research and found out that 1 pop a day equals 15 pounds in a year. FIFTEEN POUNDS!

This was the fact that changed my life. As she was telling me all this I thought to myself. I need to change something in my life. I did not want that extra 15 pounds. I already knew that I was a pop addict (meaning I had and average of 2 pops in one day) and I needed to change that. I decided I would drink less pop. I switched to about 1 pop every other day. That was good enough for me. Until I thought to myself that 7.5 pounds in a year is still a lot of weight.

A life altering moment was about to take place. I decided that I would not let this addiction last any longer. I gave up pop. Well, not just pop, I gave up everything carbonated. I could not believe I was about to attempt to give up something that has been so evident in my life for so long.

I called my friend "Jeepers Creepers" and told her I was going to give up pop. She couldn't believe it. She then said that she had to give it up for the sport she's in and we decided to make it a mutual thing. She will help me rid my addiction and I will make sure she doesn't drink pop do she can improve her performance. We are going to give up pop until the end of the year. At the end of the year we are going to decide what we will do from then on.

I haven't drank pop in 54 days and the results are tremendous. Within that time I feel so much better. I no longer crave pop. And I am fortunate to have lost 10 pounds already in this task. Those of you that know who I am, if you ever catch me trying to drink pop, please stop me. It is extremely hard to give up something you love. Something you are addicted to.

Will you break the addiction?