I'm trying to quit nicotine again after a semi-successful attempt a couple of months ago, and I thought, if I'm going to go through withdrawals for this, maybe it would be worth it to quit caffeine while I'm at it?

Is it worth it though? Do the cons of a caffeine addiction outweigh the pros?

  • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    I would say it depends on how you are getting your caffeine and how much of it you are getting. I used to drink like 8 cups of coffee a day and last year managed to switch to just having one cup in the morning and then just having tea. As far as I understand it tea also contains caffeine, so I haven't really gotten rid of my addiction, but my stomach would like to point out that this has actually made a huge positive difference in my life. I don't know that it is specifically the caffeine, but if you are drinking a lot of coffee it is worth it to try to change your ways, even if you just switch the method of delivery.

    • Ecoleo [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I drink 2-4 cups of coffee in the morning to afternoon, and way too many diet colas. I just want to break the habit all together, then depending on how I feel after, I may go back to one cup of tea or coffee in the morning.

      • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I don't think caffeine is your main problem here. Coffee does weird stuff to your stomach and the colas - diet or not - contain a lot of sugar. If you manage to quit this habit you will probably feel a big difference and it will be really healthy, but I think you would feel the same benefit if you switched to taking caffeine pills with water. (Don't do that, the pill form will make you use a lot more caffeine)

        I can't speak for completely quitting caffeine, I've never even tried. But I can recommend trying to replace as much of your intake as possible with tea. You will very quickly be able to feel the difference, and that is so worth it.

        • 7bicycles [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Coffee does weird stuff to your stomach and the colas - diet or not - contain a lot of sugar.

          Diet colas regularly have 0 sugar, beeing sweetened with artificial sweeteners only. They're still bad for you, it's not due to sugar though

        • Ecoleo [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I'm thinking I want a full month long detox of caffeine at the least, maybe even longer. But when I do go back, it will definitely be tea or yerba mate, and only when I really need it.