Help! I’m addicted to crack!

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!)

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

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.

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.

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...)

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!

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

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

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.

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:

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

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,.

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.