Recovering alcoholics are told to do whatever it takes to not take another drink. My pattern is to go to Starbucks for breakfast and have a tall Triple Americano with a chocolate cream cheese muffin or a blueberry scone. No one ever told me that I was going to get fatter in recovery.

Anyway, I was searching the Internet and came across a Consumer Report on children and caffeine.

Thought you might want to see the results of their study.

Caffeine: Where is it hiding?

A Consumer Reports Study

• Mountain Dew has more caffeine than Coke or Pepsi; Sunkist Orange has nearly as much as the colas, though Minute Maid Orange has none.

• Trendy vitamin waters can harbor caffeine, too. Ounce for ounce, Glacéau Vitaminwater Energy Tropical Citrus has about twice as much caffeine as Nestea Iced Tea.

• A 9.5-fluid-ounce bottle of Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino, a sweet, milky drink, delivers almost as much caffeine as three 12-ounce cans of Coke.

• An 8.4-ounce can of the energy drink AMP has about three times as much caffeine as the same amount of SoBe Energy Citrus Flavored Beverage. Many energy drinks (and some fortified waters) also include guarana, a caffeine-containing herb, and ginseng, which may intensify caffeine’s effects.

Indeed, the amount needed to produce adverse effects varies with body weight, tolerance built up through use, and innate sensitivity to caffeine. Some experts suggest no more than 100 milligrams per day.

A dose of more than 4.5 mg per pound of body weight, or at least 180 mg for a 40-pound child, can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, and muscle twitching.

Since the amount of caffeine is not labeled, it’s easy to consume a lot without knowing it. Just check out the numbers below, taken from our analysis. The "surprise" photos show products whose caffeine content might be unexpected. We’ve standardized drink sizes for easy comparison, but be aware that these sizes are modest and are often less than the full container. (The smallest soda can, for instance, generally holds 12 fluid ounces.) And hardly anyone stops at a half-cup of ice cream, even though that’s the federal government’s official serving size.