It has bite.

While I was sick for about a week, I was so proud that I weened myself off of caffeine. My goal was to get off caffeine and then ween off the dark soda, then ween off light soda (Sprite or 7-up) for good. I noticed that I had to have a can of Diet Coke every day. I tried to limit myself to 1 can, but at times, at restaurants I would enjoy more than a glass. I just feel like I need to take better care of myself and this is something easy that I can do and have done before. Years ago, all I drank was water, I did it for several years, then I went to grad school and my all nighters were too hard to stay awake…so I returned to Diet Coke.

I was proud because I was now off caffeine, not craving a diet coke. I was drinking Sprite if I wanted something sweet. But then at a restaurant I thought, “oh yeah, I can have root beer!”. So I ordered myself up one and drank. I didn’t check to see if it was A&W or Barq’s. Anyway, since then I have had about 5 root beers…and at work, they only have Barq’s. Well, at my friend Mandy’s house today, she informed me that yes Barq’s has bite (caffeine). I remember arguing with a friend in the past that yes it did, but he swore it did not, and I believed him. Ugh, so yes, looking it up, while it does not have as much caffeine as Coca Cola, it still has some. Now to add to the story, I have had trouble sleeping, hm, perhaps due to the late root beer!

Am I really caffeine free if I didn’t know I was having caffeine? Ugh, so now I have to see if I need to ween myself off this too. It’s frustrating since I felt so proud and I feel I have to start again. Darn you Barq’s Old Tyme Root Beer!!