[CourtneyL]

Sweet Marcia - Don't be too hard on yourself, doll. If a diet coke is your biggest vice, you are doing pretty good! Still, if you want to break yourself of the habit but still feel the need for a little caffeine from a cold beverage, how about iced tea? I'd also suggest sweetening it with something natural like real sugar or agave syrup. I think the worst thing about diet soda is not the caffeine but the toxic aspartame that they put in it. Have you ever heard the history of how aspartame got to be FDA approved? It is truly frightening. Google "FDA" and "aspartame" and you will find all kinds of information about the outrageous story.