You bet.  In a hilarious blog entry on NBA.com, the Washington Wizards guard (and Racine Park legend) opens up about beating his addiciton to Mountain Dew this summer.

I lost 11 pounds this summer by giving up Mountain Dew. That's right Mountain Dew. A lot of people don't know I'm a Mountain Dew addict so I guess this is my confession.

To try and give this up was CRAZY for me! I was going through withdrawals. I was in the bed sweating. My wife would turn over in the bed and ask "Are you OK?" .Honestly, those first two weeks without The Dew was the roughest two weeks of my life. I'm talking headaches, sweats and everything. Before that I drank at least six 12 ounce Mountain Dews a day.

It was so bad at one point that I had to have a cold one right there at the night stand before I went to bed. I had to get the coasters and let it drip a lil' bit and just have it waiting on me. Come 2 a.m.., I'd wake up out of my sleep, I'd pop one open and hear the fizz sound...and just down it!  Then I always had to have another one in the morning when I woke up. Before practice I had one too and before games I would knock back two.

Oh. My. God.  Caron might be the Lindsay Lohan of soda.  How exactly did he get back to sleep after downing a Mountain Dew before going to bed and then another at 2 a.m.?  And how exactly does he have any teeth left?

I'm personally disgusted by this revelation.  If one of the NBA's brightest young stars is addicted, what sort of message does it send to our nation's children?  Because of this, I predict that "doing the Dew" or "climbing the Mountain" will explode in popularity among impressionable youngsters.  It starts with the occasional can, but quickly escalates into 64-ounce bottles, and before long these poor kids are snorting lines of Kool-Aid powder.

In this outraged writer's humble opinion, as part of his recovery, Butler should enter NBA-mandated rehab and submit to random caffeine tests.

In all seriousness, though, caffeine (like pretty much anything) in excess is quite unhealthy, so here's hoping Caron kicks his habit permanently--I just hope he's still as amped-up on defense since I've got him in my fantasy league!