# I have a sudden addiction to ginger ale **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894 "2007-09-20T18:20:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/1 "2007-09-20T18:20:21Z")
Why am I suddenly addicted to ginger ale? For some strange reason as I was walking in to work this morning I had a thought that a ginger ale would taste good with my Egg McMuffin so I bought a can. I drank the whole can. I have since bought two more and drank those as well. I never, ever drink pop other than as a mixer. I usually drink water all day. If I get a hankering for a Coke I hardly finish half of the can. It just sits at my desk and gets warm. But this ginger ale tastes so good. I think I might even stop and get some to take home or maybe I shouldn’t, I dunno. I never even liked ginger ale as a kid. Why is it suddenly tasting so refreshing? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/2 "2007-09-20T18:28:45Z")
You were paid to do an advertisement? (Kidding, kidding, I swear…) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/3 "2007-09-20T18:30:48Z")
I have started drinking about 6 cans a day as well. Maybe we should form some type of group. Have you ever tried ginger beer? That stuff is excellent but mildly hard to find in some parts. Big supermarkets and specialty food stores like Whole Foods carry it though. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/4 "2007-09-20T18:36:54Z")
This is strange. Just a little while ago, I had a ginger ale craving. Went to the local convenience store and they didn’t have any. So I went all the way to the supermarket and got a 2 litre. I did eventually mix some with tequila, but I drank a lot of it straight up. I just had to have it on a Sunday afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/5 "2007-09-20T18:38:27Z")
I had one a little while ago, too. I can get by on Canada Dry with some of the stronger stuff (Ginger Beer and all that) every so often. Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/6 "2007-09-20T18:40:56Z")
I get this way occasionally too, only it isn’t just with ginger ale. It happens with ginger ale, orange juice, club soda, etc. I feel like I need some right now and then it is SO GOOD that I just have to drink as much of it as my system will hold for a few days until I am sated. I don’t know why it happens but it does. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/7 "2007-09-20T18:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] You were paid to do an advertisement? (Kidding, kidding, I swear…) [/QUOTE] No, but I wish I had. That would at least explain it. [QUOTE=Shagnasty] I have started drinking about 6 cans a day as well. Maybe we should form some type of group. Have you ever tried ginger beer? That stuff is excellent but mildly hard to find in some parts. Big supermarkets and specialty food stores like Whole Foods carry it though. [/QUOTE] Seriously. I have already bought another can. Thank goodness they are only .25 cents here at work. I am not a beer drinker but with this new addiction that could change. [QUOTE=Duke of Rat] This is strange. Just a little while ago, I had a ginger ale craving. [/QUOTE] Whatever it is, its spreading. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/8 "2007-09-20T20:47:51Z")
come to michigan, we have Vernors! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/9 "2007-09-20T20:50:09Z")
[QUOTE=SomeUserName] Seriously. I have already bought another can. Thank goodness they are only .25 cents here at work. I am not a beer drinker but with this new addiction that could change. Whatever it is, its spreading. [/QUOTE] I need to visit you! I’m also into ginger ale these days. It started last year, but I love it. No caffeine, unlike soda. But it tastes great. It looks nice. It’s good when you’re sick, but I don’t usually associate it with sickness. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/10 "2007-09-20T21:11:30Z")
Earlier in the summer I got a craving for ginger ale too. Was at the store with a friend getting stuff to make dinner and got a 2 liter - cheap, easy. Drank damn near the whole thing in one night - straight up. Now I really want one. Damn. It’s not easy to find really - a lot of gas stations/convenience stores don’t carry it, least not around here. Gotta go to a grocery store, which is a pain. I was in Colorado Springs and was pleasantly surprised to see Canada Dry in the soda case. That was my last fix, way back in June. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/11 "2007-09-21T01:27:26Z")
The only time I crave ginger ale is when I am pregnant… ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/12 "2007-09-21T10:54:39Z")
[QUOTE=Velma] The only time I crave ginger ale is when I am pregnant… [/QUOTE] Funny you should mention that - me too! As soon as I read the thread title, I thought, “I wonder if she’s pregnant?” (That said, I hope the OP is actually female!) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/13 "2007-09-21T12:41:07Z")
For some reason, I like to drink ginger ale on airplanes. I don’t know why, but when they start pushing the cart around, I think, “why, yes, a ginger ale would be lovely.” About the only other time I drink them is when I want a whiskey but can’t have one. I think it’s because the color is about the same as a bourbon-and-Seven-Up, so it appeases me. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/14 "2007-09-21T12:57:41Z")
My particular passion is Ginger Beer. Try it sometime! More gingery! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/15 "2007-09-21T13:46:44Z")
Mmmmm. Vernors. So yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/16 "2007-09-21T16:00:58Z")
I do the same thing. For awhile it’s Seagram’s Ginger Ale. Maybe for a week. Then it’s Hawaaian Punch. That’ll go for a week or so. Then Dr. Pepper. Then Tropicana Orchard Style Lemonade. Or grape juice. For awhile it was V8 - but that didn’t work out real well digestively speaking so that didn’t extend as long as the others. Darnitall, now I’m thirsty. ---
**Author:** ![Trollhaugen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Trollhaugen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trollhaugen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/17 "2007-09-21T19:14:42Z")
I do not think that you are posting this as a problem, but if you are, and you want to lose the addiction, here is a sure-fire way: Get some dark rum (black) and mix with ginger ale. This is a mighty fine drink and tastes good, goes down real easy. Now, when you finish the first, have another and another and keep going until you sick up. That should cure this mysterious addiction to ginger ale…at least for a while. Of course, you could just ride it out and enjoy the ginger-ry taste. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-sudden-addiction-to-ginger-ale/419894/18 "2007-09-21T19:37:04Z")
Phase 7 seems to be working out just fine.