Anyone Else Here Is Cutting/Has Cut Down on Coffee?

[Madhuri]

I developed a high intolerance to coffee a few years ago and had to completely quit it. I still sometimes crave it. But it's very possible to stop you have the will. It's just so bad for you...

 

[Quetzal]

@Debater Slayer What is your favorite tea so far?

 

[Rival]

If I cut down on it I'd be having none. I don't drink that much.

 

[Jumi]

Didn't use to drink coffee at all. Now that I do because of current hectic schedule and social obligations, I get headaches and feel more tired when I don't. Both are withdrawal symptoms. Coffee is an addictive drug. I try to keep at least the weekends off of it.

 

[Nous]

Coffee is loaded with healthy antioxidants, it helps flush out your liver, it can reduce type 2 diabetes chances, and it can prolong brain health.

That is exactly the sort of stuff I like to read.

 

[Nous]

I developed a high intolerance to coffee a few years ago and had to completely quit it. I still sometimes crave it. But it's very possible to stop you have the will.

Yes, the DSM lists the mental disorder of Caffeine Dependence (or, now, Caffeine Use Disorder) along with all the other substance use mental disorders. And, yet, people overcome these mental disorders every day. It's miraculous!

 

[Neo Deist]

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that about black tea.

I think I might still have coffee sometimes; just not as frequently as before.

I drink one cup a day. A cup being somewhere around 4 to 6 oz., not one of those 31 oz. Starbucks mega coffees that is designed for a freaking T-Rex.

I use stevia as a sweetener. It is better than sugar because the body can't break it down and absorb it (no calories or anything). You pee it out.

 

[Glaurung]

The only drawback I have ever experienced as a coffee drinker were the few occasions where coffee hasn't been available to me at my usual whim. Which results in headaches, shakes and general unpleasantness.

But it's worth it. Coffee is a cheap and easy habit to maintain. And at about three cups a day I don't drink so much of it for it to be a problem for my health. Coffee is far too good (and benign) to give up.

 

[psychoslice]

3 a day for me, stimulates the liver and the brain, of course too much of anything can be bad, even water.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Why would i want to consider cutting down on my Coffee ?

That would be up to you, so I don't know. I'm just asking if you have done/are doing so.

 

[Debater Slayer]

@Debater Slayer What is your favorite tea so far?

I've only tried black tea, so technically that, I guess.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I drink one cup a day. A cup being somewhere around 4 to 6 oz., not one of those 31 oz. Starbucks mega coffees that is designed for a freaking T-Rex.

I use stevia as a sweetener. It is better than sugar because the body can't break it down and absorb it (no calories or anything). You pee it out.

I love Starbucks. Don't diss it! (I rarely ever have it, though, and one of the main reasons is the gigantic size.)

Do you put cream or milk in your coffee?

 

[Kirran]

When I was about 17, I first quit coffee. I had been drinking several pint-size mugs a day, and I developed a circulatory problem called Raynaud's syndrome as a result. This manifested in my hands sporadically going blue. So I switched to decaf cold turkey, and that was OK. Eventually I went back to having some coffee, although not so much, but then just gradually drank less over time. Not sure when I stopped exactly, but it seems to have been a good two years ago.

Good luck DS! *supports*

 

[Neo Deist]

I love Starbucks. Don't diss it! (I rarely ever have it, though, and one of the main reasons is the gigantic size.)

Do you put cream or milk in your coffee?

I use Lactaid 2% milk. I do not get along with lactose, so no regular milk for me.

 

[Eliab ben Benjamin]

Do you put cream or milk in your coffee?

1 teaspoon milk ...

 

[Electus de Lumine]

I've been a frequent coffee drinker for several years. Recently, I've decided to cut down and, when I feel like having caffeine, drink tea instead of coffee.

This is my second week off coffee, and it has been going great so far except for a noticeably upset sleep schedule. These days I oversleep quite a bit, and I have headaches more often than I used to when I drank coffee. My current regimen consists of tea only, and while I realize that tea also has caffeine, the impact on my mood is much less noticeable than what coffee caused. I'm much less irritable, for instance, and I'm also more relaxed overall.

Has anyone else here had experience with cutting down on coffee? I've found it to be a great decision so far, but I'm interested to see what other people have experienced with that.

I no longer drink caffeine, I think that addictions makes us slaves to the material worlds.

 

[HakkaMex]

Just a heads up that dark roast generally has less caffeine than light roast (I know that's counter-intuitive). If you want some caffeine but just less of it then maybe switch to dark, though I personally find the taste to be too bitter.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

There are too many things to drink that actually taste good for me to waste time drinking coffee.