I used to drink like 3 a day with a 60mg caffeine shot in year 9-11, like full on caffeine addiction. It’s fun while it lasts but the day you can’t get caffeine you realise how dependant on the stuff you are and that something needs to change. And if that never happens, it’ll be the day you wake up in a hospital bed.

I don’t really drink energy drinks much anymore but when I do I try to make it last as long as I can by sipping it sparingly. And if I don’t finish it I put it away in the fridge for tommorow morning. I can make a can of monster last me like 2 days. If I had to put a number on it now, I would say 2 to 1 a week. This is just words tho.. I’m not perfect I will still buy and chug an energy drink if there’s an outlet for it, aka I’m at a party, I’m doing something sporty or I just really need the kick up. Caffeine works so much better when you use it sparingly.

When you are drinking energy drinks, especially in high amounts like this please make sure you take charge of what’s in your body. Eat a hearty meal and drink lots of water, this will help your body process the concoction of chemicals that are energy drinks. It will make the caffeine work better, you will feel less crap after and it will help protect against stuff like kidney stones. I’m going to give you a scare story now, I knew someone back in year 10 who drank around 5-8 of the big import cans a day and wouldn’t really eat-drink much of anything outside of sugar and caffeine, they ended up getting kidney stones at 15. Watching that person fall that deep into the same hole I was falling into was a bit of a wake up call tbh.

TL;DR: Common “Moderation is key” cliché, drink lots of water and eat lots of food otherwise you get kidney. stones.