It was the real thing for this Virginia man.

An elderly man had to survive five days on nothing but Coca-Cola — the only thing he could reach after he fell in the kitchen of his Arlington home and was unable to get back up, according to local reports.

It wasn’t until the local mail carrier noticed his correspondence piling up that police and paramedics were summoned and rescued Glenn Smith, WUSA-TV reported.

“His door had been open a couple of day-s and (the mail carrier) noticed the mail hadn’t been moved,” neighbor Jared Agnew told ARLnow.

Smith was transported to Virginia Hospital Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

“We were horrified and shocked but we were really happy to hear about the Coke, that he could keep himself, you know, alive and okay until help came,” next door neighbor Christen Bensten told the station.

“I wish that we could have found out sooner so we could have been of help, but we’re certainly going to be here to support Glenn going forward,” she said.