# How should I handle my Club Soda addiction economically?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-my-club-soda-addiction-economically/257567>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 30, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-my-club-soda-addiction-economically/257567 "2004-07-30T05:55:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-my-club-soda-addiction-economically/257567/21 "2004-08-01T16:24:09Z")

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> [@Aeschines](#):
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> That’s tonic water. Club soda has only bubbles, nothing more.

Club soda actually has sodium in it (for some reason.) Other than that it’s the same as seltzer.

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**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-my-club-soda-addiction-economically/257567/22 "2004-08-01T16:27:50Z")

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> [@voguevixen](#):
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> Club soda actually has sodium in it (for some reason.) Other than that it’s the same as seltzer.

Really? What form is the sodium in?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-my-club-soda-addiction-economically/257567/23 "2004-08-01T16:40:31Z")

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> [@Aeschines](#):
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> Really? What form is the sodium in?

In the form of the bicarbonate. Baking soda.

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**Author:** ![Uncertain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Uncertain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncertain)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-my-club-soda-addiction-economically/257567/24 "2007-10-17T23:55:26Z")

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[QUOTE=voguevixen]  
Club soda actually has sodium in it (for some reason.)  
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Soda, sodium. It’s not just chance that the words are similar.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-my-club-soda-addiction-economically/257567/25 "2007-10-18T00:08:00Z")

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Zombie thread! Closed.

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