I don't drink soda, because my now 80 yr old father is what I refer to as a Pepsiholic.
Funny story though.
He flew F4s and then F16s for the USAF and is not a drinker of alcohol.
Anyway, during his tours in Vietnam (4 of them) he said the only thing to really drink was Liquor, Beer or Pepsi and Coke.
Coke came in tin cans and he said they always had rust on the top from coming by ship.
But...Pepsi came in aluminum cans.
So, he drank Pepsi and a lot of it.
As a kid, we'd all head to grocery store when 2 liters were on sale for like 69 cents each. Limit 4 per person. So the entire family would get 4 2-liters each.
We had a Fridge in the garage that was only Pepsi. LOL To this day, he always has a Pepsi with him.
Anyway, that's my why I don't drink sodas story