quitting coffee???

I am frequently giving up coffee, only to start again a couple of weeks later.

When I'm in coffee consumption mode I am my strung-out anxious self, I see everything through anxiety.

When I do not consume any caffeine, I am open to the world and to other people, I'm far less nervous. But I also feel less protected - because my chronic anxiety has worked as a protective shield over the years - and also less energised. So I end up drinking it again in order to feel my anxious, unhappy, familiar self again.

I hope to be able to stop drinking it for good. Green tea does not work for me as a substitute because I soon drink 10+ cups a day as my frayed nervous system tries to achieve the same jittery discomfort.

 

I remember a period of 20 days or so when I stopped drinking caffeinated beverages altogether and I remember feeling so at peace, paired with meditation I felt at one with myself and it also help me refrain from PMO, I had beat my own record of 42 days. Congrats on quitting smoking, 17 days is great!

 

I actually quit drinking coffee a few weeks ago. I don't know why I did probably because I drank way to much of it. I also am happy to say that I don't drink energy drinks anymore as I used to drink them almost daily. To date this year I've had only two sugar free red bulls and really I don't feel like I need them or ever want them. Back to the coffee, if you think that it is hindering you then I would say give quitting a shot. But like someone else mentioned in this thread don't try and quit to many things at once otherwise it could lead to failure. My advice would be to cut back on the coffee at first maybe just have one or two cups before noon and then see if you can work it down to one cup and then eventually none. Congrats on quitting smoking I know that that is a hard thing to quit!