I have irritable bowel syndrome, and there's nothing like artificial sweeteners and carbonated drinks to sent me crawling into bed in pain! Love coffee, but drink decaf mostly, and different teas, that took a while to get used to! Decaf with one teaspoon df drinking chocolate makes a nice drink, add cream, and, well, yum. We have beautiful tap water, but during droughts, or on holiday, filter the water, simple and cheaper than bottled water. Cleaned our driveway with diet coke....not doing that to my innards, ever! My compromise is a small lemon, lime amd bitters, with food, when I'm out. I have a small port or red wine on occasion, with dark chocolate. I've made it a challenge to,find things I like and are diabetic friendly that seems like a luxury eg; cream, dark chocolate( small amounts), different cheeses, minimum carb dry biscuits, best flavored tinned fish, eggs with cream, Greek yoghurt and so on. Lots of veggies , not much fruit, amd when i can't stand it any more, grab a teaspoon of what ever naughty stuff gaily might be eating! There, I'm never deprived, but, can say no because a taste of something's better than nothing at all, amd heaps better than complications. Type 2, family history, PCOS, overactive thyroid, asthma, excema, scoliosis, so short sighted, cataracts, all over the place getting over major surgery, but doing very well. If I eat wrong ever, I go for a walk straight away...around the house amd up and down our stairs if wet outside, or at the shops! Something will get me in my old age, but diabetes won't be one of them!