NO soda surprise

This past week I went 'cold turkey' off sodas.  I, know, I know, that is hard to believe coming from a heavy soda drinker.  I could easily drink 2 of those 4 liter containers of diet soda in one day.  I am the person that is always walking around with something to drink in my hand.  I start in the morning after my coffee and then drink until bedtime.  There is quite a bit of research regarding the sweetener in diet sodas and I decided to give this 'soda free' life a try.  I had already weaned myself off the caffeine of sodas and coffee so that part didn't bother me.  I do miss the soda though.  This is my 4th day and I LONG for a tall glass of cold soda with all those sparkles.  I decided not to substitute something else like sparkling water because I really don't like the taste of that kind of water.  I am just drinking lots of water.  I know the myth of needing to drink 64 oz. of water is just that, a myth, but I always drank a lot of liquid so replacing it with water seems to be my best choice.  I also think it needs to be 'an all or nothing' thing for me so that is why I gave it all up.  Maybe some day I will gain the discipline to drink it occasionally but until then, the soda industry has lost another drinker.