Quitting Coke

Of the diet beverage variety, naturally. Annakeara Stinson is putting a great deal of effort into trying to kick her Diet Coke habit. Though I wouldn't go quite so far as to call mine an addiction — I can and have gone without it in the past — my affinity for Coca-Cola is a little shameful. But in general, it's easy to forgo. (And if forced to choose between coffee and coke, I would always, always choose the former.) That said, I can appreciate that it must be difficult if you life in a country where drinks like Coke must have a kind of ubiquity. When I visited Japan earlier this year, one of the things that struck me was the enormous number of vending machines. Indeed, any attempt to curtail cola intake was mostly in vain.