Caron “Tough Juice” Butler lost 11 pounds this summer by giving up Mountain Dew. We applaud him for admitting to and confronting his addiction, but Butler needs to be careful he doesn’t exchange one habit for another:

Now that I don’t have Mountain Dew in the picture, I’m going to probably fall back more heavily on one of my other funny quarks, straw chewing. Yeah, with The Dew out of my life, the straw chewing thing is probably going to get worse. Chewing straws is a habit that I developed to calm me down. It’s good for my nerves. Sometimes, I’m so anxious to get out there and play and if I sit in one spot before a game and have nothing to do I’ll just sweat out and psych myself out. I get so hype and I pump myself up so hard and the straws calm me down. (I prefer McDonald’s straws over any other. And you better believe I know the difference!)

New marketing opportunity for the Wizards: McDonald’s Straws: Code Red.