I've found that if I just stop with the sweeteners, I can kick them. . . but once I have a diet coke, I'm hooked again. I also only drink coffee with aspartame, so now I avoid coffee too. I just can't stomach a coffee without aspartame; I started drinking coffee around 10, and that's the way we've always had it.

I live pretty well without coffee now, though. My boyfriend doesn't drink it at all, and my mom and dad (usually the weak point in my year, because my family has always been hardcore coffeeholics) have transitioned to tea.