Energy drinks

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

First taste in 2006, it wasn’t legal in Norway then but my classmates got it in Sweden (we lived very close to the Swedish border). It was unlike anything I had tried before, I believe it was Burn brand. I didn’t try it again before the energy drinks became legal in Norway a couple of years later, but one day I had a big can of them and basically I was on a cloud with energy and motivation. My undiagnosed schizoaffective condition made me prone to apathy and avolition, and the energy drinks helped with this.

At some point not long after starting drinking them I became dependent on them to function, and I was a heavy user of these beverages for 10 years. After I turned 18 I could combine them with cider or alcopop/rusbrus (or vodka/rum occationally) and this cocktail was very powerful in my experience, it made me feel much more intoxicated in a good mood. Btw I have periodic alcohol use especially in summer time because drinking is fun in the sunshine.

But in 2018 I decided it was time to end the addiction issues, and at present time I’m only using energy drinks occationally most of the year. I have a can every morning in the polar nights/mørketid to boost my energy in the all-day Darkness/twilight. But the Sun returns now, so I believe there will be less caffeine needed now.

Thank you for reading ❤