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I Am Currently Extremely Addicted To Energy Drinks

Energy Drink Addict

By: Meggan15p1p
Written on October 20th, 2009

I was never into energy drinks until I deployed to Iraq the 2nd time. We are busy all the time, and we hardly ever get enough sleep. Energy drinks are at our chow hall just waiting for someone to drink them, and they are all FREE for the taking! I drink them all the time, and I usually drink about 3-5 a day; it's terrible. I even went to the PX and bought a case containing 24 energy drinks. I have attempted to go into work without drinking them, and I don't make it 30 minutes before I feel as if I'm going to drop dead from my extreme lack of energy. I guess I have been drinking so much of them for so long that my body practically cannot function without them. I feel very trapped, and I feel as if this addiction controls me. I desperately want to quit, and I have attempted numerous times.

By: Meggan15p1p
Age: 26-30 , Female
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  • handoveryourheart
    handoveryourheart

    Thats my problem. Jagerbombs.. I drink them with monster. But I've been really rolling off of these. My brothers wife before she got preggos was drinking a case of the sparks a day. She had to have them. Addictive

    Jun 20, 2010
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  • AbandonedArchangel
    AbandonedArchangel

    I also have a major addiction to energy drinks this deployment. I never liked the stuff and didn't have an issue with it when I was in Afghanistan in 07. Still don't enjoy the taste, but as SSDnc said it's a lot like alcohol. Having a Red Bull to me is like wanting a beer and I drink them when I'm stressed out more than anything. I've been through RB, Full Throttle, RIp It, Rock Star, Endo Rush, Monsters, you name it and lately I've started drinking the Iraqi energy drinks because I can buy a pack of 24 drinks called "Boom Booms" for 20 bucks.



    Rip Its are free in the DFAC but I still find myself spending a lot on the jumbo-size PX sold energy drinks in addition to my fetish with the ones sold in Haji markets.



    My deployment is almost over and I think I'll have an easy time giving them up again once I'm in states because I'll have my best friend back....liquor.

    Jun 20, 2010
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  • handoveryourheart
    handoveryourheart

    I've been the same way. You can only push yourself so far before you run out of gas. And these deployments are 10 pounds of **** in a 2 pound sack. Think of it like alcohol, when you stop drinking them your body isnt going to know what to its self. eat alot of fruit drink a ton of water, I see you like crossfit get into it your body will flush all of this crap and youll be better.



    I used to pound the green monsters now they bother my stomach, when i drink them now i drink the monster energy juice, the orange, yellow, and purple cans. alot less sugar, alot healthier and I hink they taste better.

    Jun 20, 2010
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