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I am also an icewater freak. I keep bottles of ice in the freezer and drink ice water year round.

I trace my love of water as refreshment back to a single incident:

When I was 12 my lung collapsed. (Spray painting in the basement = bad thing to do)

A tube was inserted into my lung to reinflate it slowly. I was not allowed to drink any liquids while this was going on. While I was in the hospital my lung collapsed again. So it had to be reinflated again. This was almost a month where I was not allowed to drink anything.

By the time I was allowed to drink my lips were so caked and cracked it was awful. But let me tell you- that first drink of water I had was the most wonderful liquid substance I've ever had. Wet, cold, refreshing... just amazing.

Water is wonderful.