5 Ways To Stop Consuming Caffeine
There are a whole lot pf people in this world who are addicted to caffeine. Even though caffeine has not been directly shown to be life threatening, all this caffeine can’t be good for us! I know someone who regularly has 6 espresso shots and a bottomless cup of coffee everyday!
If you are one of those people who drink too much and want to reduce or stop your consumption, here are five ways to get yourself off caffeine:
- Drink decaf. - It is harder to stop drinking coffee or soda completely all at once, so start by switching to a decaf version.
- Faze your coffee out. - If you drink 5 cups a day, try drinking 4, then when that is norm, go to 3.
- Drink lots of water. - If you commit to 8 glasses of water a day, you won’t have time to drink coffee.
- Get a good nights sleep. - Lots of people use coffee to wake up in the morning after 4 hours of sleep. You are sleep depriving yourself, which is worse for you than the coffee.
- Reward yourself. - Commit to not having any caffeine for 2 weeks (or whatever time you want). When you accomplish this goal, reward yourself with something you’ve really wanted.
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on August 4, 2008 at 6:46 am Hazel wrote:
I quit caffeine a few months ago, not for the first time. I mostly drank coca-cola. It made me shake at night and have difficult sleeping.
Now the only caffeine I have is from chocolate, which I don’t have all that often.
I tried a mouthful of coca-cola a week or so ago, and found I don’t even like the taste any more - I do still feel the urge to drink it from time to time though.
Anyway, the first 3 days are the worst, after that it’s easy.