@gondwanalon I drink a coke about 6 times a year and when I do it is 12 ounces at most. Very rare, usually it is just a few sips from my husband’s, not my own in the few times a year.
I do still have some chocolate, so I acknowledge bits of caffeine in that.
I mostly drink water. I don’t like the flavored waters or sodas. I try them, but none have worked out. I do sometimes have a root beer or gingerale to try to come close to Coke, but it is not the same, and lots of sugar.
I don’t think caffeine is like alcohol, I think you can say you quit and cheat now and then, but if you want to say I just very rarely drink instead of quit that’s fine too. I freely admit my consumption. I know people who are vegetarian, except when they cheat, or kosher, except when they cheat, I think it is just a different way of framing it. I used to drink Coke every day and probably about 32 ounces a day, so going to no caffeinated beverage at all for weeks and months in a row for many years to me feels like I quit.