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Everyone here is pathetic ;) Jokes aside, I'm surprised at how strongly people respond to giving up a 2 cups a day "habit". I drink 5+ cups a day and have gon

Everyone here is pathetic ;) Jokes aside, I'm surprised at how strongly people respond to giving up a 2 cups a day "habit". I drink 5+ cups a day and have gone "cold turkey" on several occasions, (e.g. long road trips, flying, forgetting to go to the shop) with no ill effects apart from being a bit tired. When I have a cold or flu I generally loose my appetite for coffee too, so I usually go "cold turkey" for a week or so. For me it generally takes about 2 weeks to get back to no-coffee baseline. That said, coffee tastes great, has no real long term negative effects from all I have read, and gives my day ritual and breaks similar to what smoking can give, but without the lung cancer.

8fingerlouie 6y ago
I honestly don't get what all the fuzz is about, but then again i'm one of the people that gets absolutely no effect from caffeine. I drink 5-10 cups of coffee per day, and have done so for the past 25 years. Even energy drinks have no effects (beside bringing caffeine to stroke levels), and drinking 2 cups of coffee right before bedtime only means i need to get up to take a leak sometime during the night. It doesn't affect my sleep at all. Quitting is easy for me as i get absolutely no "symptoms". Some days i drink maybe 2 cups instead of the usual 10+, and i don't notice at all. As to why i drink coffee ? It tastes better than water, and i don't like tea.
chownie 6y ago
It's really varaible based on habits and your biology I guess. I used to drink pretty much consistently Pepsi and Coffee every day for maybe 4 or 5 years. When I decided to give up caffeine it was like a week and a half long flu, horrible headaches and tired aches all over my body. I ended up having to take time off because I just couldn't function at work. In my case I was giving up caffeine to help regulate sleeping patterns, though I was experiencing some of the heart palpitations too.

8fingerlouie 6y ago

I honestly don't get what all the fuzz is about, but then again i'm one of the people that gets absolutely no effect from caffeine. I drink 5-10 cups of coffee per day, and have done so for the past 25 years. Even energy drinks have no effects (beside bringing caffeine to stroke levels), and drinking 2 cups of coffee right before bedtime only means i need to get up to take a leak sometime during the night. It doesn't affect my sleep at all. Quitting is easy for me as i get absolutely no "symptoms". Some days i drink maybe 2 cups instead of the usual 10+, and i don't notice at all. As to why i drink coffee ? It tastes better than water, and i don't like tea.

chownie 6y ago

It's really varaible based on habits and your biology I guess. I used to drink pretty much consistently Pepsi and Coffee every day for maybe 4 or 5 years. When I decided to give up caffeine it was like a week and a half long flu, horrible headaches and tired aches all over my body. I ended up having to take time off because I just couldn't function at work. In my case I was giving up caffeine to help regulate sleeping patterns, though I was experiencing some of the heart palpitations too.