I quit coffee: from 4 cups to 0, overnight :)

[space-time]

Someone brought up the topic a few months ago. I was considering cutting down on coffee myself, and was oscillating between switching to espresso and drinking more tea.

Well, I decided to quit altogether. I was drinking 4 cups a day, very strong. Last Friday was the first day without any caffeine. Now it's been 6 days and I don't miss it at all. It's much easier than I expected.

[M A V I C]

Yeah, I quit once many years ago. Well, quit for a year or so. It was easy. I just like coffee.

[volcs0]

I quit for a few months when my wife did (for her first pregnancy). I really missed it, but I will admit, I did sleep better. Now I'm careful to not drink much caffeine at night, and I sleep fine. I can't quit cold turkey, though, I get headaches.

[Mike V]

I quit at one stage and I found I had more energy (I though that quitting would give me less).

However I'm back on it again.

Life is too short to cut out everything.

[karsen]

Quitter.

[Don Kiyoti]

Four cups doesn't seem like a lot, unless you were having some kind of negative side effect. That's about how much I drink each morning over the space of a couple of hours. Maybe the caffeine has something to do with it but I really think it's more about the ritual and the fact that I love the coffee I make.

I'd worry if I worked in an office and wandered around all day with a cup of mud in my shaking hand.

[Sam3]

I had to quit, but I liked coffee too much. Now I do decaf.

[microchip13]

Hehehehe. I've taken to having coffee with my morning breakfast. I now wake up and make myself breakfast every morning.

Today, I had to go extra heavy though because I found myself being dead tired. 3ish cups in the morning, 1 cup of bad Chai, and some once I got to work. I think I slept badily last night or something.

[graylocks]

[quote microchip13]Hehehehe. I've taken to having coffee with my morning breakfast. I now wake up and make myself breakfast every morning.

Today, I had to go extra heavy though because I found myself being dead tired. 3ish cups in the morning, 1 cup of bad Chai, and some once I got to work. I think I slept badily last night or something.
it's a youth thing. i play college coffeehouse and sometimes ask for a cup of decafe. many places don't even brew it. the baristas look at me with an incredulous look that asks 'Why in the world would we brew decafe?"

[microchip13]

Well. I'm now enjoying a nice glass of orange juice. Usually I'd go to a local coffee shop once a week but finances have dictated otherwise.

Breakfast and coffee is nice