for those of you that quit coffee, what do you drink in the morning?

for those of you that quit coffee, what do you drink in the morning? I've been drinking a cup of milk but I'm still irritable in the first hour or so after waking up.

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Straight green tea

    That shit is like a superfood

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This, add a teaspoon of raw honey to supercharge

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >This, add a teaspoon of raw honey to supercharge
        this with a piece of nicotine gum

        now you're up, you're moving, and you won't feel tired as shit in the afternoon

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      doesn't green tea have caffeine? how is that different than drinking coffee then

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        You can get non caffeinated brands

        Honestly any tea that isn’t caffeine dominated helps, aside from herbal benefits the hot water helps wake you up in the morning

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        The ammount of caffeine in green tea compared to coffee is .... laughably low

        So yes. The difference is huge

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        it has teein

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Tea is very underrated

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I don't care about this thread but I fricking love cavemen. They're so cool

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Your caffeine withdrawal will go away eventually.

    If you are addicted to caffeine, you will have more energy while sober.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      what's a good time frame for a withdrawal? I've been drinking it daily for almost 20 years

      There is a plant called Lupinus that's supposed to be a caffeine-less alternative to coffee with a somewhat similar taste. Haven't tried it, though.

      interesting, I'll look it up

      Used to drink it every day couple years back then I just kinda forgot to drink it when I changed job with no coffe automata.
      Just a few days and irritability goes away then it's all psychological like sucking on a comfortable pacifier, I was just too distracted to have the psychological part.
      Now I drink a cup of coffe once in a while and everytime the caffine high feels so amazing every time since I don't build up my tolerance.
      Being addicted sucks, the enjoyment of the high is nothing in comparison.
      You should quit the addiction and reward yourself with it once in a while instead.

      >Now I drink a cup of coffe once in a while and everytime the caffine high feels so amazing every time since I don't build up my tolerance.
      Yea I want to experience this

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I quit coffee when I had a bad cold. I was already suffering I figured. And when the cold was gone, so was the withdrawal issues. I did ultimately go back to caffeine - but now only black or green tea. And if I skip a day of caffeine from black or green tea, I don't suffer at all.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >you will have more energy while sober.
      Not really. That energy is gone forever.
      t. has gone months without drinking tea before, gave it up because I like the taste too much and it didn't improve my sleep.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There is a plant called Lupinus that's supposed to be a caffeine-less alternative to coffee with a somewhat similar taste. Haven't tried it, though.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Just fricking drink water. You'll get less irritatable as time goes on.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Used to drink it every day couple years back then I just kinda forgot to drink it when I changed job with no coffe automata.
    Just a few days and irritability goes away then it's all psychological like sucking on a comfortable pacifier, I was just too distracted to have the psychological part.
    Now I drink a cup of coffe once in a while and everytime the caffine high feels so amazing every time since I don't build up my tolerance.
    Being addicted sucks, the enjoyment of the high is nothing in comparison.
    You should quit the addiction and reward yourself with it once in a while instead.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      How long did that take? I went without caffeine for 3 weeks a while back, and though I had more consistent energy levels, I still didn’t get a real “buzz” when I had my first cup of coffee after those 3 weeks.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    what's wrong with coffee/caffeine?
    >t. never drank coffee until i started working weird hours last month
    i use it to help my sleep pattern stay consistent. just a cup of black before work.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      If you've only been having a mild amount for a month it's no big deal but long term usage of it at higher doses, like any drug really, can cause problems

      For me, my teeth are kind of stained, I have zero energy when I wake up, I have no appetite until the afternoon, I don't like being dependent on any substance it feels like a weakness (it is)

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Fresh air

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    goal bod

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    How can you guys live without coffee?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I'm 22, not some tired boomer

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        But you will be!

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Only if you offload your ability to feel okay to a substance (*and eat poorly, and don't exercise, and lose your curiosity, and consume state propagandies). I'm 39 and feel better than I did in college.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i really dont get how some of you get addicted to coffee.
    i've been drinking black coffee for years, 1-2 cups a day, but i had tons of moments where i just stopped drinking it for several months, and i never experienced any withdrawals apart from a very mild headache for a day or two. maybe the difference is that i never drink coffee in the morning, my first cup is always around afternoon for a quick endorphin boost.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I think there is a spectrum of caffeine tolerance and dependence. I could take caffeine pills before bed and I'd sleep deeply for eight hours, whereas an old roommate seemed like he *might* kill me prior to having a cup of coffee, at which point the morningly demon would vacate his body. I'm like you, where drinking coffee serves no function but tastes good, but look at the panic in some people when you tell them to imagine not having it. They're fully dependent on it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      OP here, when I quit I didn't really feel any changes. My sleep is the same, energy levels are the same, etc. It's just that I'm irritable when I wake up and I attribute that to not having coffee but in reality idk. maybe it's just withdrawals maybe not. Honestly I just want to be able to drink coffee and actually FEEL the effects, and not just for the taste which I love.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        There's a moment in a JRE episode that a coffee drinker who experimented with quitting addressed this:

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        I always wonder if looking at it this way - stopping withdrawal symptoms from a drug - inspired many people to quit coffee.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          kek I've watched this before and it's one of the reasons I quit coffee

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          kek I've watched this before and it's one of the reasons I quit coffee

          Pollan’s book on plant based drugs, “This is Your Mind on Plants” has an interesting, long chapter on caffeine. It was watching this JRE episode and reading the book that made me go off caffeine for a bit to see what would happen, but then of course I started drinking coffee again.

          Does a person actually need caffeine? Technically no, but you can only remove so many enjoyable elements from your life before things start feeling pretty bland. Personally, I’ve found it much easier to give up alcohol than caffeine.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            what was your experience?

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Started feeling normal in the morning without coffee. You get a sort of “hangover” effect from being in caffeine withdrawal, which is most prevalent in the morning since you’ve gone 12+ hours without it. Once you quit caffeine this sluggishness goes away. Also found my energy levels to be more consistent throughout the day; no real mid-afternoon slump. My sleep also improved. Also experienced less bad hangovers when drinking alcohol while off caffeine. (As a quick aside, I’ve found quitting alcohol to be more useful in improving sleep than quitting caffeine. I currently drink coffee but no alcohol and sleep like a baby.)

              I may eventually go off caffeine again but I can’t see myself doing it forever. I feel the way about coffee that Pollan says his wife does, which is that it’s my “little cup of optimism.” Not much beats getting a good buzz and listening to some music. Unfortunately, the effect seems to wane a bit as you use it more. A big part of my motivation for hopping off caffeine was to regain some of my caffeine intolerance and get a stronger effect when I returned to it.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I sometimes drink a lot of coffee but most days it's only like 3 large cups. I'm not really sure if it's even worth the withdrawals or if there are any benefits for me if I quit.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i don't get this meme
    why do people drink coffee in the morning?
    i just drink water (sometimes with barleygrass powder) then have some blueberries
    coffee/tea on an empty stomach is a disaster

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >i don't get this meme
      >barleygrass powder
      The irony is strong with this one

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

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    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      it's nice tbh
      morning coffee + cigarette is godtier. too bad I quit both

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >coffee/tea on an empty stomach is a disaster
      woman detected

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I want some early hominid to homosexual erect in my mouth.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I boil chopped ginger, then add half a lemon and a shake of cayenne as a refreshment. But I'm also sipping one 30mg vyvance capsule as needed after mixing it into in a heavily watered down splash of juice. It curbs appetite and wakes you up quicker than coffee.

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >been off caffeine for a year
    >miss it every day
    I thought quitting sugar was hard but goddamn, no sugar was easier mentally.

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