Giving up Caffeine

[edge]

I was on two cups of strong coffee a day and I have found that I couldn't think, my mind was totally useless. I've switched over to one weak tea and a standard coffee and I have found that my mind is a lot clearer. I'm thinking of going totally caffeine free. Anyone experienced the same?

Yep been caffeine free for about a year, can't say it bothers me at all, just the habit of having a cuppa at certain times was harder to cope with.
Have decaf if it bothers you, saying that thought giving up sugar was harder even now I wouldn't mind a cup of tea with a spoonful in just to kick start the day over a year since I gave that up.

 

[COYBL25]

You should use cocaine instead

Sniffed off a circumsised bellend in a gym changing room lol

* instant coffee is muck

 

[Abraders]

Love a cup of tea/coffee, went through a period where I drank far too much though. I try to manage myself a bit better now with maybe 1-4 max of either in a day. My morning coffee is the main one I'd rather not go without.

Really depends what I'm doing though, if I'm in work I only drink water for example.

I also particularly dislike coke/most fizzy drinks on the whole now, have them very very occasionally and usually after one swig I'm done with it.

 

[Hibbo]

Hate seeing people in costa or Starbucks getting a coffee when it's cracking the flags outside. Them folk should be tied together and put down.

I had to google that.

 

[bignev23]

Lads,If coffee got you high smack heads wouldn't be robbing it from supermarkets to sell, they'd be injecting it themselves.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Coffee has no effect on me. In fact, it helps me sleep.

It takes all sorts.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I've been caffeine free for a few weeks now aside from the odd cup of tea, and I feel much better

I find that I wake up easier in the morning and I'm less irritable

I was having roughly an energy drink a day plus something like 3-4 cups of tea on top of it

My face was starting to twitch and getting up in the morning was awful

I now drink mostly decaf tea and water, and I'm not missing caffeine if I'm honest

 

[sageyefc]

I've been caffeine free for a few weeks now aside from the odd cup of tea, and I feel much better

I find that I wake up easier in the morning and I'm less irritable

I was having roughly an energy drink a day plus something like 3-4 cups of tea on top of it

My face was starting to twitch and getting up in the morning was awful

I now drink mostly decaf tea and water, and I'm not missing caffeine if I'm honest

Apparently there's more caffeine in tea than there is in coffee

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Apparently there's more caffeine in tea than there is in coffee

Depends what tea you have I suppose, some are stronger than others

Decaf tea tastes nice anyway, I don't miss me Typhoo or Yorkshire

Red Bush is very nice as well

 

[coollino]

No worse person than the 'I need coffee to function' bores. No you don't.

This leads me to an awfully embarrassing thing that happened to me last year. I was at a bar in Aberdeen and my gf wanted one of those warm alcoholic coffees (it was very cold and windy). I normally tend to get by without saying kooky drink names on drinks menus by just calling it what is it called in real life. Unfortunately, I didn't know the real name for this so I ordered the 'Wake me up coffee'.

The barman actually brought me over a normal coffee. HE THOUGHT I WAS ONE OF THEM. I just hope it hated me as much as I hated myself for him thinking that.

If you need a conclusion; we got to keep the coffee and got the coffee based alcoholic drink. Boy did we chuckle.

 

[coollino]

Apparently there's more caffeine in tea than there is in coffee

There is, but you have much more coffee in a cup of coffee than tea in a cup of tea.

 

[LEONARD]

Remember your body's not a temple, it's a FAIRGROUND ride.

Coffee is one of life's real pleasures.

 

[anjelikaferrett]

I was on two cups of strong coffee a day and I have found that I couldn't think, my mind was totally useless. I've switched over to one weak tea and a standard coffee and I have found that my mind is a lot clearer. I'm thinking of going totally caffeine free. Anyone experienced the same?

be careful- I gave it up for Lent once. Within two days I had blinding headaches, so bad that I really thought I had developed meningitis. I was shocked at how bad the withdrawal was and how much of an addict I must be.