Drugged up on energy drinks....

[itskris]

For the last 3 weeks I've been in overdrive... training new employees and preparing for a HUGE contest (not the DD contest... Although that is HUGE too...) So I've been drinking Rockstar's and Redbulls for the last 3 weeks... My wife went out and bought these crystal light energy packets. Just add to water... Nasty tasting things if you ask me... But man I feel like I drank ROCKETFUEL.

kk that's all... Had to get that out of my system.

[Philsuma]

I drink, on average...2-4 shots of expresso a day and 5-6 cans of Red Bull a week.

No problem sleeping - has to be later than 1am, though.

[eos]

Hmm... I think my girl has the same exact Crystal Lite stuff..... Might give it a shot!

[DKOOISTRA]

Gotta be careful with that kind of stuff, in general. I'm pretty clean livin, dont drink much etc... but my 1 "addiction" is coffee. I can't stand it anymore. Don't like it, don't want it, can't get off of it. I got my first "caffeine migrane" 20 years ago almost. If I dont have it, watch out. Mind splitting, cold sweats, shakes, can't take the lights, can't take noise, I've even vommitted it's been that bad. If I don't have one at 8-9:00 at night, I wake up with one, and its 3 pm before I'm almost feeling right. I've gotten down to 1 cup (20 oz.) in the morning before, but if I have 1 cup in the afternoon, I'm right back at needing 2 cups again. Whats worse, is my morning routine is I get up, head out, first stop Speedway. If I dont have a cup of Speedway coffee, I literally am not right all day. So not only am I addicted to coffee, I have to have it from a particular chain of gas stations. When they change brands here at work, it took 2 weeks for me to "adjust" to the new brown water.

Hotels/vacations are the worste. I'm the guy you see in the hall at the hotel trying to balance 6 cups trying to unlock the door to the room....and when out of town, try finding a cup of joe at midnight when you dont know the neighborhood at the same time, knowing what the morning will bring if you dont..... I literally am scared to go to sleep if I dont have a cup before bed, and have waken up at 3 am to have a cup if i feel one coming on, and then, slowly, slowly i feel it go away. I have not found a "medication" yet that can touch it, prescription or over the counter.
my 10 cents
It sneaks up on you, this "testimonial" is in no way at all exagerated. 100% the way it is.
Derek

[Girlwithafrogtattoo]

I can't drink energy drinks at all anymore.
I'm a total Vanilla Coke addict, but we've been trying to be healthier here again. Right now we are drinking a lot of water, water flavored with Mio- We really like the Fruit Punch and Strawberry Watermelon, and I also drink the Crystal Light Energy Wild Strawberry.

Mio tastes better IMO. I am working my way back to just water with lemon

[DKOOISTRA]

We've cut out just about everything, but water, as far as the wife and kids go. Its funny, but we went out to eat a bit ago and the restaurant had a bunch of different kinds of root beer, so I got 3 or 4 bottles for the kids, my 2 youngest didnt want anything to do with it.
Derek

[blocker institute]

A fresh green juice with kale, apples, parsley, and spinach will give you a burst of energy any time, as well as nourish your entire body with nutrients.

[Philsuma]

sounds...."yummy"....

[Michael Lawrence]

I already cant get to sleep before 1-4 am and Im up by 6 so I couldnt imagine increasing my day with energy drinks. Im already additced to Mt. Dew and about 5000+ colories a day.

Michael

[blocker institute]

It really is delicious.....you don't taste the greens at all. Watch the documentary "Fat, sick, and nearly Dead" and you too may be juicing soon. This morning I made a pineapple, green zucchini, apple, and mango juice! We did not evolve, over millions of years, to eat things that come out of boxes from a grocery store.

Jona

sounds...."yummy"....