Has anyone quit Caffeine?

I used to drink lots of coffee and tea but quit some years back, Now just like you I drink one cup of black tea in the morning and I might drink coffee occasionally (something like once a month) especially if I didn't get enough sleep in the night, and man does that single cup of coffee make me alert! I feel I am so highly sensitive to coffee now that if I drink even one small cup at night means that it will be an all nighter.

I noticed some positive effects of less anxiety and better sleep as well.
Also I think coffee is actually pretty strong, and it's better to live life without being dependent on it for functioning. I noticed many people can't actually start their day without that coffee fix.

I think black tea is also a "drug" but it certainly feels it has a much smaller dosage than coffee. But man no matter what, coffee still smells great!

 

I quit it a few years ago, and I've never looked back. It gave me a sensitive stomach, and I could never limit my intake.

I remember hearing that black tea has more caffeine in it than coffee, although that might be apocryphal.

@SoaringEagle 's right - coffee will always smell amazing. Smelling, and feeling the beans, and listening to the sound of the spoon digging into the grounds in a glass jar, will always be better than actually drinking the stuff, which just tastes like muddy water.

 

Me. I only drink water now (not even juice) and have been doing that for the last 6-7 years. Before that, I also drank black tea to "help" me focus at work or at school. I stopped taking tea because I reached a point where I couldn't function anymore without the effects of caffeine. It was very painful when I finally quit and my productivity went to zero, but it only took about 3 weeks to recover.

I highly recommend quitting; life is so much better when I don't freak out at work because I didn't get my daily dose. Good luck...

 

24 oz. in the morning before work. After lunch, I needed another 24 oz to keep working. Sometimes I bought 32 oz instead of 24 oz. 8 oz. = 1 cup, so that would be at least 6 cups = 48 oz, and sometimes much more.

 

I quit caffeine years ago, because I can be kind of hypochondriac about "stimulation" from drinks/pills/etc (all because of a bad experience).
so I haven't had Mountain Dew and some other sodas in forever. But I still need my carbonation fix, so I mostly drink sparkling waters these days.

I think it's helped anyway. I don't remember the last time I had a panic attack
I'm still a nervous person, but perhaps a pinch less...

 

When I quit bad habits, it's cold turkey. Moderation doesn't work well for me.