I mean, I've never succeeded in stopping, but I pretty much only drink coffee for the buzz and it actually makes me less productive so I'm still qualified to an

I mean, I've never succeeded in stopping, but I pretty much only drink coffee for the buzz and it actually makes me less productive so I'm still qualified to answer ;) 1. Usually people who use stimulants for productivity don't have cognitive problems they have motivation problems. The gold standard for this is make lists. Lists should be short and made up of achievable items. New list every day. Throw out the previous day's list once you've finished writing today's. If you're in school study/practice with other people it is a huge improvement. Try to use timeboxes for things (in the morning I will study for 1 hour, etc), it's not sexy, but it works. If you have trouble maintaining your attention for a full hour without caffeine, use shorter tasks and take more time upfront breaking them up. 2. Exercise in the mornings. Don't skip breakfast. 3. don't quit it on a Monday, take painkillers. There are NSAID with caffeine formulations that you could probably taper on (they usually don't have as much caffeine per pill as you'd get from your usual Starbucks). 4. I actually kinda like chocolate for the mood boost part. Almost as good as coffee, tastier, even exists in hot beverage form. I do drink chicory or decaf if I've already had 5-6 cups of real coffee and it's pretty good and provides the same "I just took a break" feeling, however, I could never fully replace coffee with it (if anything, it made me want real coffee more). I would recommend if you'd like to decrease consumption vs just stopping, it does help to trick your brain at first.