Yeah, I don't drink anything but water, as a rule. Well, coffee in the mornings, that's a given, but other than that? Not so much. If I'm feeling poorly or underfed, I'll get a half-gallon of TJ's fresh-squeezed OJ and chug that, but that's about it.

I'm speaking purely of non-alcoholic drinks, of course.

Alcohol-wise - every mixer that is not soda water or plain water has HFCS in it, unless you're at a snazzy bar that uses entirely fresh ingredients. Cranberry juice, orange juice, tonic water, sodas (except Diet) - the bulk commercial versions of those all have HFCS.

Definitely try the Izze's at some point. Nothing but fruit juice. No added sugar of any kind.

I really like the HonestTea [edit: which is entirely unrelated to Izze, other than being something to drink which is not a soft drink] (even though Coke bought a 40% share of them). They're actually based out of suburban DC. They have some yum flavors, they're organic, and they've got JUST enough sweetness for my taste (and no HFCS, just sugar). Usually like, 10-30 cal per bottle, or somesuch, at least in the flavors I like.

Ocean Spray has come out with 100% juice no-sugar added recipes of their drinks (including Ruby Red grapefruit that I like for mixing). That does include a lot of white grape juice for sweetening but it's not sugar.

Well, coffee in the mornings,

I used to drink cup after cup after cup of coffee, when I was younger. I got hooked on Starbucks/Other Chains coffee drinks for a while, but kicked the habit because of the ginormo cost compared to making coffee or tea at home.

Then I switched to tea, and would drink cup after cup after cup of bagged tea to get my caffeine fix.

After a while, I had my eyes opened to the joy of loose leaf tea, and was able to reduce my daily consumption of tea to just a large cup or two.

I have now been turned on to the magic of Mighty Leaf tea, and am drinking ML Organic Earl Grey exclusively. Not only do I get by on one cup a day, I use significantly less of those magnificent tea leaves than I used to with Twinning's loose Earl Grey.

Casual comments from Kristin and Jilli turned me into a Mighty Leaf junkie.

Yeah, I don't drink anything but water, as a rule. Well, coffee in the mornings, that's a given, but other than that? Not so much... I'm speaking purely of non-alcoholic drinks, of course.

Juliana is me. Shocking.

I don't touch water if I can avoid it, but sadly, sometimes it's the only thing in the house with no booze or buzz to it, so that's what I get.

Water is gross. I hate the way it tastes. And first person to tell me water doesn't have a taste gets a boot to the head, because it DOES, and that taste is RAUNCH. (No matter where it's from, or how filtered it is. Yuck.)

Casual comments from Kristin and Jilli turned me into a Mighty Leaf junkie.

It is very yummy, although I still prefer my Mariage Frères Casablanca (1/2 bergamot, 1/2 mint green tea).

the muscles over my back ribs - spasming. This can stop at any second. really.

sara - insent.

Alcohol-wise -

I have sadly more or less turned into a teetotaler these days. I'll occasionally have one drink when at a gathering of friends for a celebration of some sort, but I just don't drink any more. The amount of alcohol I consume (never very much to begin with) dropped considerably after I got more wasted than any other night of my life at my friend Brian's wake.

Now, since S can't have alcohol because of her liver, we don't keep any alcohol of any kind in the house.

I was dancing with joy last week when the Odwalla Lemonade showd up again at the supermarket -- they only make it in the summer!