Kidney stones and substances that trigger them.

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I wanted to post this earlier but issues came up and I almost forgot to do this. In January I had a severe attack of kidney stones, was in the hospital almost 12 hours and couldn't work like I was supposed to on the day of the attack. I was on the floor in agony it was that bad. At first I thought it was an intestinal blockage or something similar as I couldn't go to the bathroom in that way. But later at the hospital I was able to go and realized that wasn't the issue. I was told that it looked like kidney stones. I was sent home with a prescription for heavy duty pain killers, ones that didn't even dull the pain for me there, but almost knocked me flat on my rear. I thought that this attack had been caused by drinking pink lemonade, which I was drinking a lot of at that time, and I stopped drinking it. I try to stay away from sugary drinks, they seem to be my trigger point, but it's impossible to do so. The biggest culprit so far seems to be frozen juices, not bottled ones. I know I have to do some research into this, but I need to know if sugary drinks do trigger kidney stones, as I seem to be having more frequent flare ups over the past 2 months. I highly doubt that food does this, I don't think the kidneys process food like other organs do, but I'm going to have to figure that one out. Does anyone have suggestions as to what I should drink besides water? I've been drinking more milk, mostly chocolate milk, and that doesn't seem to be helping the situation.