Breaking up is hard to do

You know how I said that I thought chocolate was going to be the tricky one? This was before I gave up Diet Coke. The big DC. I think it may be my own personal form of crack.

According to my good friend Wikipedia, withdrawal is caused by a reduction in the production of dopamine by the nucleus accumbens (this is a rough paraphrase so please don't yell at me if I'm not entirely correct - it's been a long day and I want DC). They even go so far as to say that:

Subnormal activity in the nucleus accumbens is often characterized by depression, anxiety and craving, and if extreme can drive the individual to continue the drug despite significant harm — the definition of addiction — or even to suicide.

Hmmm... don't know about the depression but the anxiety and cravings are right on the money. Maybe I need to book myself into the Betty Crocker clinic.

Source: Wikipedia: Withdrawal