Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi,
It’s another one of those questions that keeps my mind ticking. During my time working in schools and as a youth worker, (and just in every day situations) I’ve been noticing patterns of people that are addicted to drinking any form of coca-cola. I’ve noticed that a lot of autistic/adhd people have said that they are addicted to fizzy drinks, being coca-cola in particular. I know I’m a huge coca-cola fan (and I know it’s a really bad habit and all the negatives that comes with it) but I cannot stop drinking it, it’s an addiction.
My first question is, does anyone else know of someone else, or have themselves, a coca-cola addiction, and if this is something that people on the spectrum tend to get easily addicted to?
Secondly, I always wonder why coca-cola/any fizzy drink addiction, isn’t treated like an addiction or taken seriously? People say stop drinking it but I find it really difficult to stop. What’s people’s thoughts and do you think it should be taken seriously by health professionals and others?
side note, I’m wondering if it’s like and OCD obsessive disorder or something, the more I think about it. But I just wanted to know what others thought.
In my experience there is a higher than average proportion of autistic people who can’t tolerate tea or coffee (or tap water) because of taste hypersensitivity’s. Once you eliminate those drinks fizzy drinks are the next easiest to get in school.
Thanks for replying. It’s interesting to hear from others and makes me feel like I’m not the only one that has this problem. I never drink hot drinks being tea or coffee, I do occasionally have a tassimo hot chocolate Pod but I leave it until it’s close to freezing cold before I can drink it.
I agree that there’s not really much choice after all hot drinks are ruled out and fruit juice and diluted juice doesn’t taste right to me. I like concentrated apple juice but that’s pretty much it.