I tried a few things. Club soda, a bunch of mildly flavored waters and a few brands of unsweetened tea (but not all of them). It's just not the same. I prefer water over all of those if it came down to it, but water is pretty boring you know.

I haven't tried squeezing my own fruit into tea. Maybe I'll give that a shot.

You are right though, it's no different than how smoking was. It does cause some amount of desire before you do it, and then satisfaction afterwards. Textbook addiction loop.