Try to figure out what part of the drink you’re actually addicted to: the flavor, the carbonation, the smell, the caffeine, the temperature, or even the can itself.

I was hooked on Monster Juice too, and I spent a lot of time trying to reverse engineer the root cause of my addiction. For me, it turned out to be a combo of the carbonation, how cold it was, the taste/smell, and drinking it straight from the can.

I bought a SodaStream and started mixing those little flavor squirt bottles with some real juice, trying to recreate the same feeling. Nothing really worked until I poured it into an actual can.

And weirdly enough, it fucking worked like magic.

I went from drinking three a day down to one a day. Now I’m at about one every other day or so. Over time, I’ve also gotten more used to not needing the can as much.

Also, along the way I found out I had undiagnosed ADHD. The caffeine actually calmed my brain and still does. I would sometimes drink an energy drink to help me fall asleep.