Are you addicted to pop? Here's a list to check and see if you are indeed a slave to the fizz, chemicals and caffeine conveniently served in every store and vending machine around the planet:

1. The moment you wake up, you shuffle to the kitchen, grope around in the fridge for your morning Mountain Dew and smile satisfactorily when you hear carbonation escape as you twist the cap.

2. You fondly remember when you first learned how to pop and pull off a sharp metal tab from Tab. You also tell your kids how cool it was to drop this sharp metal tab in to the can of pop and try to avoid swallowing it while drinking.

3. Your favorite candy is Bottle Caps.

4. You cut coupons all week long and distribute to friends who are coerced into standing in line at Safeway to buy cases of pop for you since the limit is 2 per person.

5. You have no problem paying $7.50 for a large Coke at the movies as long as it lasts through the previews.

6. You mock all the coffee drinkers in your life, telling them they’re missing out on the syrup high.

7. You don’t understand why your dentist keeps giving you free samples of floss, fluoride and a discount on a Water-Pic.

8. The bedtime lullaby you sing for your kids starts with “I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony…”

9. You refer to the marketing fiasco of Coke’s new formula as the Dark Ages.

10. Most of your clothes come from redeeming rewards points from bottle cap codes.

If any of these items seem familiar to you, you may have a pop addiction just like a dear friend of mine who is currently fighting her addition to fizz.