Help! I’m addicted to crack!

SGartz

Ok, I lied – I’m not addicted to crack at all, but I am addicted to coffee! I was wondering if anyone has ever given this rather odd substance up, and what are the side effects? I tried a Google and basically it said if I give up caffeine I am going to die and my body will be banished to hell for entire eternity!

Anyone given up at first hand?

xerinx2011

When i 1st started i gave up for 6 weeks... i lived to tell the tale... ok so i went through withdrawl and i craved it for about a week and had to keep myself away from the kettle!!

Im now back on tea and coffee (i have a baby need the caffiene to deal with nights!)

erikrichter

Gave up caffeine a few years ago... MASSIVE headache the first night off the juice, but fine after that.

AngelaPowPowPOW

I switched to half-caf. I'd rather go to hell than give it up entirely.

FearAnLoathing

why give it up,its not really that bad for you unless you load it up with crap.And if you have a proble with blood presure switch to decaf

SGartz

The crazy think is, I hardly touch the stuff at home, it's just through the week at work. I notive on a weekend I get a fuzzy head so I purposely make a cup and the fuzzyness goes away. Should I go cold turkey or limit myself to so many cups per day?

mielikkibz

I switched to half-caf. I'd rather go to hell than give it up entirely.

ROFL!!!!!!!! I love this
I dropped from 6-10 cans of diet coke a day(just to get thru work, weekends I'd get headaches from withdrawal) to 2 a day. . .I need it to get thru my mornings, after that, I drink water

Momcharisma88

I have a daughter and my days would get NO WHERE if i gave up my coffee. My coffee is my friend. The one friend anyone can always count on to give you a lil pick me up... or pep in your step and with exercising, cleaning house, cooking meals, errands, and taking care of my daughter.... i NEED my coffee. Lol highly doubt i will ever give it up.

chrisyoung0422

I have parted ways with many things but coffee will not be one. I have had spirts usually when it gets warmer where I drink little to no coffee. I have friends who never touch it or have dropped it due to headaches and they seem fine.

Maybe drop it for a week and see what happens. :ohwell:

mejustmichael

I went from drinking quad espresso drinks daily to maybe on americano a week... I dont think i would die w/o the occasional cup of coffee... but others might... when they piss me off. lol.

im kidding. but im not a morning person in the least...

your probably asking why are u up now... its 8am where i am... i havent slept. today may be a coffee day.

barefootbeauty

I gave up soda and coffee -- the first week was killer for me (headache, nausiated, etc). Now I'm fine and I find that I actually have more energy because of working out and everything else. I will have a root beer or coffee once in awhile, but not daily.

Good luck!

LuckySe7en

I gave it up, along with soda and tea, and most other caffeinated substances. Major withdrawal. Migraines, shakes, sweating, irritability, the list goes on. I started drinking only water. After the withdrawal ended, I felt so much better. (although sometimes when my mom has coffee, I will sit there and sniff it...)

SGartz

I switched to half-caf. I'd rather go to hell than give it up entirely.

Satan is waiting for us both and he's stoking the fires of hell!

tammyquinnlmt

I only drink 1 or 2 cups a day, but giving up caffiene cold turkey can give you a terrible headache. Maybe try limiting rather than give it up entirely? I have to have coffee because I gave up cokes.....and I still gotta have a little caffiene!

♥Faerie♥

Coffee has been shown to be good for you, I could never give it up!

FearAnLoathing

The crazy think is, I hardly touch the stuff at home, it's just through the week at work. I notive on a weekend I get a fuzzy head so I purposely make a cup and the fuzzyness goes away. Should I go cold turkey or limit myself to so many cups per day?

if you really want to give it up go cold turkey

MamaJilldo

As long as you're drinking your full amount of water everyday +2 EXTRA glasses per caffeinated drink, I'd say you're fine. Honestly, once you drink all the water just to have the coffee you'll naturally cut back...or float away, whichever comes first.

ElliMC

I'm italian.. Would probably be jailed for manslaughter if I gave up coffee! ;-)

shumatet1982

Hey there.

I tried quitting - but I love coffee just toooo much!

I drank a whole lot of decaffeinated, wich was absolutely okay. The only thing taht made me drink normal coffee again, was the taste of the brand I used (wich just sucked) but actually, your addiction ain't that bad. I would try to lower the limits.

first week: x coffee
second week x-1 coffee
maybe faster maybe not.

mandysjourney

Try limiting. I too like others have kids so need the coffee. I have one for morning tea, one afternoon tea and if I need another later in the evening about 7pm. I prob could cut out the evening one.

SGartz

I've made a decision.

I'm going to experiment and give up for 1 week as someone suggested. I'll report all side effects here!

(Starting tomorrow of course!)

*hearty laugh*

calmmomw3minimeez

I refuse to give up my coffee entirely:noway: . I just take a break from it on some days, but for every cup of coffee that I drink, I'll have a cup of water(iced) right beside it. Nothing wrong with coffee unless that's all you're drinking. Make sure you get the water in too! Your post is hilarious btw and I'm sure this is gonna be the thread for whoever needs a good laugh today. I certainly got mine, thanks!:laugh:

thedons

my last cup of coffee was on christmas day. for the first week or so i had massive headaches but i knew they were from withdrawl so i stuck to my guns about it & didnt give in. i drank coffee all the times as much as 8 or more cups a day. i will tell you it was rather difficult but i conconditioned myself to be positive about the change being a good one & i havent regretted it at all. i admit that for about a month i still got cravings but i fought them off. instead i found herbal teas that i eventually learned to like. believe me, at first they were ick! i'd cringe & everyone would laugh at the faces i made & ask me why i bothered to drink it then if i didnt like the taste. but it was so worth it now. i feel so much better.

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staceywoo

I used to drink quite a bit of coffee throughout the day, but I got sick of always 'needing a coffee' whenever more than a few hours had passed since the last one - particularly on holidays. I went cold turkey and I have to say the first 10 days were hard, I had quite a few headaches and I was just so tired! But then it faded away and all of the cravings stopped.
Now I drink decaff at work, as it's still nice to have a hot drink when it's not particularly nice outside, but when I occasionally have a 'proper' coffee the caffeine actually works - I had one yesterday morning and I was practically bouncing off the walls of the office!
Good luck with quitting, it's worth it

JennS19

Do you like tea? You could start drinking tea if you need the caffeine

SGartz

and here I was expecting something TOTALLY different!

I cut down my caffeine intake immensely over the last few years. It's not necessary to get rid of it entirely unless that's what you REALLY want to do, or a doctor tells you that you should. Coffee & tea both have good antioxidants. If you want to cut back, I found personally that removing it entirely for a while, then gradually adding it back in, worked best. I did find out the hard way that I can no longer drink a Captain & Coke at night and expect to sleep unless I have enough of them that the alcohol makes me pass out... :grumble:

What annoyes me slightly is that I seem to be rather dependent on the stuff. I just want to get to a point where I don't feel hooked to it and I can pick and choose when to have a cup, rather than guzzling (great word!) 8-9 cups per day!

I like to be in control is what I guess I am saying! *puts on bondage outfit*

RoadDog

Ok, I lied – I’m not addicted to crack at all, but I am addicted to coffee! I was wondering if anyone has ever given this rather odd substance up, and what are the side effects? I tried a Google and basically it said if I give up caffeine I am going to die and my body will be banished to hell for entire eternity!

Anyone given up at first hand?

I gave it up over the last couple of months. No headaches; no side effects. Unless you mean sleeping better at night and lowerting my BP.

I gave it up in stages. Starting mixing Caffienated with Non- Caf. 75/25, then 50/50, then 25/75. After about 6 weeks I was drinking decaf. Still drink a couple cups of decaf in the morning out of habit,.

SGartz

Ok, I lied – I’m not addicted to crack at all, but I am addicted to coffee! I was wondering if anyone has ever given this rather odd substance up, and what are the side effects? I tried a Google and basically it said if I give up caffeine I am going to die and my body will be banished to hell for entire eternity!

Anyone given up at first hand?

I gave it up over the last couple of months. No headaches; no side effects. Unless you mean sleeping better at night and lowerting my BP.

I gave it up in stages. Starting mixing Caffienated with Non- Caf. 75/25, then 50/50, then 25/75. After about 6 weeks I was drinking decaf. Still drink a couple cups of decaf in the morning out of habit,.

If you gave up then I want to be like you, you look like a sea captain or something. That's awesome!

I'm going to go for 1 week withdrawel but get some decaf bought for emergencies! Cheers guys

watkino

Before banishing your self to the pit of unending fire for all of eternity, let me give you a fire and brimstone anti-coffee pitch:

I began drinking coffee at age 14 thanks to my over the top addicted grandmother who drank probably 1 - 2 pots - thats old style 32 ounce coffee POTS a day.

While I never drank THAT much coffee, by the time I was in my twenties I was lobbing triple shot expressos 3 to 4 times a week.

My love of coffee continued through my early 40's until my addiction became apparent to others.

My wife said that I had an "anger" problem and noticed I was extremely irritable. I began realizing I was no longer drinking a cup of coffee - but a cup of anger. My doctor said I was suffering from anxiety that too much caffiene could easily contribute to.

Furthermore, my stomach became a seething cauldron of acid. I didn't have to GO to hell - hell came to me as the fires of torment burned in my stomach. My gastroenterologist said that coffee would be a huge contributer to my diagnosis of G.I.R.D. (gastro-intestinal reflux disease) and suggested I stop drinking coffee immediately.

Did I? No way. I LOVED coffee. SO I had him prescribe hi-octane acid pump inhibitors which worked like a charm...until my late 40's, when I literally began choking on my own saliva.

I asked if he could prescribe a stronger medication. NOPE, I had maxed out.

Most recently, if I drink coffee, I invite a day of agony. It's that simple. After the horrible headache withdrawels, which last maybe a day or two, I began a regimen of tea.

Yea, tea is not coffee...tea SUCKS compared to coffee. Keep drinking it. After awhile the memory of coffee goodness (stay away from the smell though) begins to wane and you grow to actually see why the English prefer tea.

SO - the lesson is that no man knows when his day of reckoning with his coffee addiction may come. It comes like a thief in the night. If you refuse to head this warning - eternal torment awaits.

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