I've found COCAINE in a can!!!

[mraynrand]

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=65840-soft-drinks-fda-benzene

The link above is actually the first time I saw this information.

From the article: "These independent tests, performed by a laboratory in New York, found benzene levels in a couple of soft drinks two-and-a-half-times and five times above the World Health Organisation limit for drinking water (10 parts per billion). "

I'm not trying to be a shill for the beverage industry, but I've seen no data showing benzene is toxic at 100 ppb. Just because the EPA or world heath organization (WHO?) sets a level, doesn't mean that above that level, you're gonna fall over dead. Typically the levels of the stuff they need to induce cancer formation in mice are a lot higher - like 10,000 ppb or more. And the mice they conduct experiments on develop cancers in response to just about anything. I'm not saying to just ignore it, but you have to be realistic. I did a quick search of WebMD and found something more recent:

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/122/114752.htm

MMMMMmmmmmmmm.....Benzene........my one weakness!

[mraynrand]

so am i going to live or die??!!!

You are going to die, just like the rest of us. But, dyin' in your bed, many years from now, which one of you wouldn't give up ALL the years in between for one chance, JUST ONE CHANCE, to come back and say, they can take our lives with Benzene toxicity, but they can never take OUR FREEDOM!!!!

[MJZiggy]

Interesting article. I do wish they would just drop the benzoates completely. Then I could have my Dr. Pepper without even thinking of it.

[Little Whiskey]

Clean for today, just water and Gatorade. Going to the gym now, will inform you more tommorrow, have a good one and everyone.......................................... .........SMILE!

way to go mazzin!! I too have been rockstar free since friday. four days and counting. its all about baby steps.

[RashanGary]

How did I miss this thread. I just started drinking soda again. Diet Coke, nothing serious. Well, anyway it took about 2 days and I was full blown. I was taking separate trips to the gas station to buy it. I would do anything for my coke. I just took my last sip today. I weined myself off by cutting a little more each day. I've kicked so many addictions from Cigs, caffiene like 10 times, weed, ect.....I drank one because I got like 4 hours of sleep and had to work 11 hours. I was right back on the bus. Don't do it. Once you quit, it is just not worth it.


Get offf the shit and stay off. The crash is so much longer and harder than the buzz is good. If you could have one without the other it would be great. Unfortunately you cannot. The only thing I can think of that would work is to drink your speed all day and then at the end of the day take a Tylenol PM to sleep. That way you never crash and you can still get sleep. I'm pretty sure it would be good for a whiile, but I'll bet the health risks would start taking effect.

The longer I live, the more I realize there is no way to happily use drugs. Unless it's pot. I've seen wired people self medicate with pot and do just fine. They eventually get lung cancer and other issues so I'm sure it catches up too. The best thing is to learn how to manage your life with real coping mechanisms. Drugs are bad. I don't believe it becasue someone told me. I believe it because I'd tried them all and they all get the best of you at some point in my experience. Even caffeine.

[RashanGary]

That first drink is a lot of fun though. If you're off the stuff for a while, there is nothing better than a very high dose of whatever it is that trips your trigger.

[Little Whiskey]

okay, i had to get gas today. like i do every other day and a half, but that is for another thread. i go in to pay and reach for a drink. and decided to try your NOS, mazzin. man that stuff is mighty tasty. tastes kinda like orange hubba bubba. however i don't think it has the same kick as rockstar.


sorry, i fell off the wagon again. i feel like i let you down. but tommorrow is another day!!!

[Mazzin]

Eh at least you know what I mean about it tasting good. Its okay to fall off the wagon. No caffine for me for the past 3 days WOOT!

[GBRulz]

I have never gotten into any of those energy drinks...unless mixed with Jagemiester!

There is no way in hell that I could give up caffeine though. If I don't have my coffee in the morning, I have a major headache by around 10am.

Also started on the damn cigs again. I was doing so well, too.

[RashanGary]

I quit smoking for 5 years and I have the damn head ache right now becuase this was my first day without caffeine. I slowly weined myself off so it's not that bad....

[GBRulz]

I'm thinking of going on the patch. That shit is expensive though. I mean yes, it will pay itself off very soon from not buying smokes anymore, but I hate to spend all that money and then not have it work.

Still mad that I started up again. All it took was one night of drinking with friends and bumming a cig from someone. One led to another.....

[Partial]

I cannot speak on smoking, but I have found when trying to give up caffeine, eating a decent sized, healthy breakfast with a piece of fruit really helps to avoid headaches and feeling lazy.

[RashanGary]

I've been there Michelle. I was off and on for a year or 2. I think it really helps to smoke ultra lights. The physical addiction is not nearly as strong when you're only intakeing a small fraction of the nicotine. I had a much easier time when I quite from ultra-lights then I did when I tried from Marlb Reds = Cowboy Killa's.

[GBRulz]

Nick, I thought the same as you. Um, I've been on ultra-lights for about 5 years now, lol.

I'm ready to quit smoking, but I'll never quit caffeine! I'm addicted to Dunkin Donuts coffee for life!!

[Deputy Nutz]

I think you are all pussies.

God Made Caffeine for us to drink and enjoy, why go against god?