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<blockquote data-quote="Ray Dunkley" data-source="post: 1099261" data-attributes="member: 162349"><p>WITH REGARDS TO THE GOVERNMENTS NEW SUGAR TAX -- I HOPE IT STOPS CHILDREN GETTING LIKE ME I DONT THINK IT WILL BUT I WILL LIVE IN HOPE --------------------------- MY STORY--------------------------------------------------------------ANYONE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS IN THE HOPE THAT SOME OF THE MANY KIDS DRINKING IT OR PARENTS BUYING IT TO HAVE A QUITE LIFE ACTUALLY READ IT AND IT HITS HOME AND THEY CUT IT OUT </p><p>12 years ago I was ADDICTED (no other word to explain it) TO BOTH COCA COLA AND RED BULL I was drinking up to 4 ltrs of coke a day and 1 to 2 litres of red bull - went to Lanzarote for 2 weeks - drank 1 ltr of coke on the plane - and thought this has got to stop - bought 1 - 500 ml bottle on route to apartment and then put it on the table - wife put it in fridge I got it out back on the table and told her to leave it there - The next 4 days were the worse in my life I was sitting in 40 degree heat wrapped up in towels actually shivering - got that bad the emergency paramedics were called - they applauded what I was doing and basically left me to it after putting a lot of fluids in me - got up on day 4 and was totally fine - to this day I have not dared to touch either one again - it has come back to haunt me as I was drinking in excess of 1/2 a KILO of sugar a day and now type 2 diabetic so beware THAT WAS ALSO AROUND 2500 CALORIES A DAY (my total daily allowance)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ray Dunkley, post: 1099261, member: 162349"] WITH REGARDS TO THE GOVERNMENTS NEW SUGAR TAX -- I HOPE IT STOPS CHILDREN GETTING LIKE ME I DONT THINK IT WILL BUT I WILL LIVE IN HOPE --------------------------- MY STORY--------------------------------------------------------------ANYONE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS IN THE HOPE THAT SOME OF THE MANY KIDS DRINKING IT OR PARENTS BUYING IT TO HAVE A QUITE LIFE ACTUALLY READ IT AND IT HITS HOME AND THEY CUT IT OUT 12 years ago I was ADDICTED (no other word to explain it) TO BOTH COCA COLA AND RED BULL I was drinking up to 4 ltrs of coke a day and 1 to 2 litres of red bull - went to Lanzarote for 2 weeks - drank 1 ltr of coke on the plane - and thought this has got to stop - bought 1 - 500 ml bottle on route to apartment and then put it on the table - wife put it in fridge I got it out back on the table and told her to leave it there - The next 4 days were the worse in my life I was sitting in 40 degree heat wrapped up in towels actually shivering - got that bad the emergency paramedics were called - they applauded what I was doing and basically left me to it after putting a lot of fluids in me - got up on day 4 and was totally fine - to this day I have not dared to touch either one again - it has come back to haunt me as I was drinking in excess of 1/2 a KILO of sugar a day and now type 2 diabetic so beware THAT WAS ALSO AROUND 2500 CALORIES A DAY (my total daily allowance) [/QUOTE]
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