In general if I want I can often give something up cold turkey... but that's usually easier for me when it's based on ethical reasons or very well informed knowledge... or even safety in terms of food.
Now coffee.... errr that ones a bit more complicated. I've kind of tried in the past and been successful for like a week... to a month.... probably not a month but atleastly a week.
The thing is it's such an engrained habit. And obviously a bit of an addiction too. I've been drinking the stuff since I was in middle school.... that's like almost 10 years.... I love the aroma... etc etc. I'm not sure it's all addiction based... I just like it.
I'm such a high stress person that it's just there... I live under stress... school... work... etc. So, yeh. Enough of a ramble.... eh.
I worked in a bookstore for several years... I've seen the threads on this forum... I've read articles... I've heard it from friends... and I'm familiar w the book mentioned in other threads... but at the time I'm not as interested in the side effects... and everyone has their own story to tell.... instead... I'd like good/great natural energy boosters... alternatives... great fruit shakes.... or something to nix the habit.
How about decaf coffee and tea.... ??? Not that I'm interested in drinking decaf ... a false boost.... when I'm feeling like heck in the morning and have to work... but more for taste reasons. Atleastly, at this point.
This might be a short lived thing... but I'd like to give it another try... maybe more serious or permanent this time. I'm hoping that it will be good for me and my nerves in the long term. I'm kind of sluggish as of late... but I think that's more the running around not preparing my own meals than a byproduct of my coffee consumption.
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