05 March 2007

Giving Up Caffiene

About six years ago, I woke up one morning, realized that I didn't have any cigarettes left, and decided that it was easier to quit than to go buy more, so I did. It was remarkably easy.

About a month or so ago, I decided that caffeine wasn't having any positive effect on me, and all I was doing was fighting off withdrawals, so in the interests of removing my caffeine tolerance so that it could be useful to me in future, I decided to stop drinking it, and I did (with a one-week "OH MY GOD NOT THE HEADACHES" weening period of one can a day).

However, what they tell you about these things is rubbish. Quitting smoking didn't make me feel healthier and more spritely and give me my sense of smell back - it just made me feel like eating all the time. Quitting caffeine didn't make me feel vigorous and calm - I now just sleep for nine and a half hours a night.

This public service announcement bought to you by the man who took fifteen years to see a correlation between eating spicy food and getting stomach cramps six hours later. So you should probably ignore it.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

caffiene totally screws with me these days..

Anonymous said...

I fancy Lucy - She makes me hair stand up on ends - So purdie - Do girls at google like it naughty?

Much Love

Jade

BC87 said...

I like your duct tape mod.

anyway, I think that quitting helps you in terms of years not months.

David said...

Oh, man. I've got the spicy food and stomach cramp correlation. It took me a few years to figure it out, but now I know I do. I just never realize it until it's 6 hours later and I'm curled up in a ball on the floor wishing I was dead.

Anonymous said...

I just tried to quit drinking coffee and the headaches were terrible! I think the mental aspect of enjoying coffee makes me healthier than going without the caffeine and being pissed that I can't have it.