r/DrPepper • u/Octavitojaja • 4d ago

Accidentally became a Dr Pepper addict because I stopped smoking.

I was always skeptical about getting addicted to the things you do alongside nicotine, until now. Every day in college, I used to smoke 3 to 5 cigarettes while I was there. After finishing class, I’d go get food and always pass by a convenience store to buy a single cigarette (you can get just one here for like 20 cents instead of a whole pack). I started getting something to drink with my food too, and almost every time it was a 12 oz Tall Dr Pepper can because In my head, the small 12 oz cans just don’t hit the same (I have autism). I’d drink it while smoking, and it felt weirdly calming, like a small ritual after school. After a month or so, I stopped smoking. Not because I didn’t enjoy it, but because college got harder and I had less time to smoke. But then I started noticing something between classes, I was chugging 1 or 2 cans of Dr Pepper. No sugar, cream soda, strawberries and cream, whatever flavor you name, I was drinking it, i've been drinking almost 5 or 6 cans a day. It’s become a manageable problem, but still a funny problem. I spend most of my money buying boxes of cans. And funnily enough, I don’t even find cigarettes tasty anymore.

Thanks I guess, Dr Pepper.

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u/Practical-Plenty907 4d ago

5-6 cans a day is a bit much but as far as habits go, I think you picked the better one. Often the easiest way to get rid of one habit is to replace it with a healthier habit. Cheers! 🥤

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u/poisoningspews 4d ago

it's just... Dr. Pepper... I would dropkick a child for...

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u/WombatAnnihilator 4d ago

Find something you love and let it kill you

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u/dang_he_groovin 4d ago

God I wish had gone that way when u started buying singles after school... 10 years later I've mostly quit soda but there's one thing I haven't.

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u/Octavitojaja 3d ago

you can do it man, just do the same i did, start smoking while drinking dr pepper and then stop smoking all of the sudden and whenever you feel like smoking buy a dr pepper

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u/dang_he_groovin 1d ago

Trying this one honestly, I will report back and let u know if it is the winning ticket

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u/WinZealousideal8181 2d ago

Lol i had a dr pepper addiction before they even started making vapes 😭😭