You know, my RAH drinks sodas even more now in recovery than he did as mixers during the heavy drinking days. His was Jack Daniels and Diet Pepsi or Diet Dr. Pepper. I read somewhere that craving sweet stuff is part of coming off of alcohol, and as a matter of fact had a nutritionist tell me that that alcohol consumption was somehow related to blood sugar levels (I am not remembering the entire conversation now, sorry). I rarely drink the stuff; my beverage of choice is coffee (another addiction!). Anyway, my RAH also goes for really sweet sodas now too - not just the diet ones.
It may be par for the course, is what I am trying to say. Addiction? yes. Better than drinking alcohol? definitely! Have a good dentist handy, though, cause that stuff rots the enamel off the teeth in short order.
Funny the triggers, eh?