The Pepsi Cola Addict

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A big determinant of how addiction develops is your individual brain chemistry and your personal and family history of addictive behaviors ( 17). Jennifer Gibbons, 29, 'Silent Twin' of a Study"—Announcement of Jennifer's death in The New York Times, 12 March 1993. Your healthcare provider will probably ask you about your soda consumption habits, your lifestyle, your symptoms, and your family history, and try and determine its cause.

Choose your approach: You can give up soda all at once, or, if you’re experiencing withdrawal symptoms, do it gradually. However, despite seeing several psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and psychologists, the “silent twins” remained a mystery, and continued to refuse to speak to anyone else. I recently spent a year on prescription medication for a stomach condition that was almost certainly triggered by my overconsumption of Diet Coke, according to my GP. On one hand, they were best friends, and on the other, they occasionally tried to kill each other -- Jennifer tried to strangle June with the cord of a radio, and June responded by throwing Jennifer off a bridge.

The only physical activity they seemed to perform with any ease was horseback riding, but if one fell off, the other would immediately follow suit. Instead of letting them retreat into their own world, the doctors at Broadmoor began treating the silent twins with high doses of antipsychotic medicines, which caused blurred vision for Jennifer. Connoisseurs of weird crime stories—or weird twin stories, for that matter, or the surprisingly rich subgenre of weird twin crime stories—can do no better than the bizarre, tragic yarn of the Gibbons twins.

People can become addicted to a variety of substances and behaviors, including drugs, prescription medications, sex, and smartphone usage.They created many plays and stories in a sort of soap opera style, reading some of them aloud on tape as gifts for their sister Rose. The analysis is easy: feeling ill-equipped to communicate directly with others using their voices, the girls poured themselves into their art in hopes the world would see its merit and reach an arm back to them. It is not great literature but not a bad book though, admittedly, its interest is in part due to the life of its author. You can prevent soda dependency by not using it as a reward or emotional crutch, drinking plenty of water, and making sure to not drink it daily. Umhau was a senior clinical investigator at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).