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Has anyone here managed to quit coffee completely after being really into it? I have 1-2 a day, can't imagine starting starting a day without it, but despite re

by dreen 8y ago

Has anyone here managed to quit coffee completely after being really into it? I have 1-2 a day, can't imagine starting starting a day without it, but despite really loving the taste I would rather not feel the need to have it.

williamdclt 8y ago
1-2 cups a day? I don't see that building an addiction (I hope at least, or I'm going to have a hard time)
- seszett 8y ago
  It depends a lot on people, but two cups is enough to develop an addiction to caffeine, yes. It's very easy to get addicted, and since the withdrawal symptoms are not that obvious (it's basically just not feeling good, some slight headache, etc) it is common not to be aware of it at all.
- bschwindHN 8y ago
  I have one, sometimes two cups a day, where a cup is roughly 250 g of brewed filter coffee (17 g of beans). I get headaches if I don't have coffee for a day, though I can tolerate it. So yeah as little as one cup a day can get you "addicted" in the sense that you'll feel withdrawal symptoms.
- dreen 8y ago
  I should have said I drink coffee in a mug.
mindv0rtex 8y ago
I quit twice. Both times it took me about two weeks. Splitting headaches and very foggy brain the first week, and less pronounced symptoms afterwards. The coolest part about weaning myself off caffeine was waking up feeling genuinely rested. But both times social pressure drove me back to the nasty habit...
- lostlogin 8y ago
  I have been forced to quit when on holidays to places that don’t have coffee, or perhaps I couldn’t find it. It was terrible. I’d have 3-4 a day (espressos, standard basket), and I suffered.
- robocat 8y ago
  Avoid headaches by tapering/titrating yourself off the caffeine using no-doz pills (or equivalent caffeine based pills). In the morning take a whole pill, and over say 10 to 15 days, linearly decrease the amount you take by using part-pills (ending with a nibble of a pill). This has worked great for me twice now when I was about to go somewhere I wouldn't be drinking coffee regularly. I also once titrated myself off coffee by using instant coffee. Day 1 is a full teaspoon, and decrease the amount slowly over many days.
ip26 8y ago
Switch to decaf. Then you'll know you're doing it because you like to, not because you have to.
gknoy 8y ago
I'm not sure if I count as "really into it" (in that it doesn't spark joy for me), but I was drinking 1-2 cups a day every morning. I felt like a zombie until I had my coffee, etc. My family went on vacation for a couple weeks without me, and I just ... didn't make any coffee. The first day or three sucked, comparatively, but by the time the first weekend rolled around, I realized that I had completely forgotten about the coffee. In short: just stop drinking it, and suffer through the first few days. ;) Consider brewing tea in the morning if you need the ritual. Make sure you are drinking enough water to stay hydrated.
Dirlewanger 8y ago
I quit it cold turkey, got the headaches for a couple days, and at the longest time, didn't do it for a whole week. I felt okay and did work fine, but when I had a cup after being off it for that week, it worked. It was an actual drug with an actual buzz, and I was insanely productive with it. However, it seemed to stay in my system a lot longer, so I'd have to drink it real early in the morning, or else a cup I drank at 8am would have me up until midnight. I've eventually switched back to having just 1 cup in the morning (as opposed to 3-4/day when I originally quit).
quasse 8y ago
I quit cold turkey because of sleep problem I was having and stayed off it for about a month while I was isolating possible causes. I don't really think cold turkey vs gradual cutoff would have made a difference for me. The biggest thing that helped was having something else to sip on (decaf tea + sparkling water in my case). The lack of caffeine was really only noticeable for a few days.

by dreen 8y ago

williamdclt 8y ago

1-2 cups a day? I don't see that building an addiction (I hope at least, or I'm going to have a hard time)

seszett 8y ago
It depends a lot on people, but two cups is enough to develop an addiction to caffeine, yes. It's very easy to get addicted, and since the withdrawal symptoms are not that obvious (it's basically just not feeling good, some slight headache, etc) it is common not to be aware of it at all.
bschwindHN 8y ago
I have one, sometimes two cups a day, where a cup is roughly 250 g of brewed filter coffee (17 g of beans). I get headaches if I don't have coffee for a day, though I can tolerate it. So yeah as little as one cup a day can get you "addicted" in the sense that you'll feel withdrawal symptoms.
dreen 8y ago
I should have said I drink coffee in a mug.

mindv0rtex 8y ago

I quit twice. Both times it took me about two weeks. Splitting headaches and very foggy brain the first week, and less pronounced symptoms afterwards. The coolest part about weaning myself off caffeine was waking up feeling genuinely rested. But both times social pressure drove me back to the nasty habit...

lostlogin 8y ago
I have been forced to quit when on holidays to places that don’t have coffee, or perhaps I couldn’t find it. It was terrible. I’d have 3-4 a day (espressos, standard basket), and I suffered.
robocat 8y ago
Avoid headaches by tapering/titrating yourself off the caffeine using no-doz pills (or equivalent caffeine based pills). In the morning take a whole pill, and over say 10 to 15 days, linearly decrease the amount you take by using part-pills (ending with a nibble of a pill). This has worked great for me twice now when I was about to go somewhere I wouldn't be drinking coffee regularly. I also once titrated myself off coffee by using instant coffee. Day 1 is a full teaspoon, and decrease the amount slowly over many days.

ip26 8y ago

Switch to decaf. Then you'll know you're doing it because you like to, not because you have to.

gknoy 8y ago

I'm not sure if I count as "really into it" (in that it doesn't spark joy for me), but I was drinking 1-2 cups a day every morning. I felt like a zombie until I had my coffee, etc. My family went on vacation for a couple weeks without me, and I just ... didn't make any coffee. The first day or three sucked, comparatively, but by the time the first weekend rolled around, I realized that I had completely forgotten about the coffee. In short: just stop drinking it, and suffer through the first few days. ;) Consider brewing tea in the morning if you need the ritual. Make sure you are drinking enough water to stay hydrated.

Dirlewanger 8y ago

I quit it cold turkey, got the headaches for a couple days, and at the longest time, didn't do it for a whole week. I felt okay and did work fine, but when I had a cup after being off it for that week, it worked. It was an actual drug with an actual buzz, and I was insanely productive with it. However, it seemed to stay in my system a lot longer, so I'd have to drink it real early in the morning, or else a cup I drank at 8am would have me up until midnight. I've eventually switched back to having just 1 cup in the morning (as opposed to 3-4/day when I originally quit).

quasse 8y ago

I quit cold turkey because of sleep problem I was having and stayed off it for about a month while I was isolating possible causes. I don't really think cold turkey vs gradual cutoff would have made a difference for me. The biggest thing that helped was having something else to sip on (decaf tea + sparkling water in my case). The lack of caffeine was really only noticeable for a few days.