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Best Way To Beat A Caffeine Addiction?
ethanms writes "I'm pretty sure that I'm addicted to caffeine... I get nasty headaches if I skip coffee and soda for a day. If I go even longer, then the headaches get worse and I start to become (even more of) a pain in the ass to those around me. Within five or ten minutes of a cup of joe or can of Mountain Dew the headache is gone and I feel fine... There's plenty of advice out there for dealing with addiction, but I'm really interested in how other /. users have managed and controlled their own caffeine intake, especially considering how heavily it is pushed by many development / engineering communities. 'Just drink more' isn't really the answer I'm after either."
- *Not* drinking caffeine (a painkiller) means that now I feel the migraines I've apparently been getting for a few years (according to my doctor).
There's no pretty way to say this: you are WRONG.
If aspirin makes _any_ difference whatsoever, you are NOT having a migraine. Bad headache? yea Migraine? no way
There are no adjectives to describe exactly how crippling a real migraine is.
You had to have your doctor tell you that you're having a migraine? BULLSHIT! Real migraines leave no doubt at all. None. When a migraine happens, it's not as if you may or may not notice it. When a migraine happens THAT IS ALL THERE IS. Can't run. Can't hide. It's got you, and there is nothing else in the world. Nothing.
Actually - you are an idiot for even stating something like this. Let me guess - YOU smoke eh?
Smoking changes your mindset to that similar to a crack addict: always anticipating your next fix. It takes away your sense of smell almost completely. It makes you smell horrible to those that still have a sense of smell around you, and are subject to the horrible rotten stench of your breath. It destroys your appreciation for cleanliness bit by bit until you dont care anymore. It controls your mood - if you dont get your little fix on time, you turn into a raging jerk. Its puts immense completely unnecessary burden on health care systems. it makes you weak - analgous to running a car with a plugged up air intake system. It makes you teeth brown, burns your throat, and taints your finger.
And.. like I even need to mention it, it kills MILLIONS of people each year before their time - much more than Saddam Hussein ever did..
Smokers stand outside the doorways to all public buildings and force non smokers to walk through their cloud of filth - something that gives me a instant headache. They ruin nightclubs and restaurants. They force their addiction on their children because they are too ignorant and too selfish to not smoke in front of them.
Smokers flick their little cigarette butts all over the world - out their car windows. They're miserable, and they dont even realize it, so strong is the addiction, and to make themselves feel better they subconciously turn the world into their personal ashtray, ignorant to the fact that there are people who dont want to live in such a nasty place.
People who smoke are absolute trash!
I know - I smoked on/off myself for 10 years and I am completely embaressed of my behaviour and the damage I did to myself and the world around me.
I cannot even begin to explain how much better my life is since I stopped smoking: I am calmer. I dont have to take little breaks every few minutes and can work on a task for extended periods of time.
I can SMELL - oh my God if all smokers could just understand what they have lost in regards to their sense of smell because of cigarettes.
If you smoke - stop - NOW. It might be hard - it is one of the hardest things I ever did. Shut up... Stop Whining and realize you have a SERIOUS drug addiction and just friggin do it.
Cigarettes are a true bane of society. Governments are just starting to realize the damage that is done to their citizens and the quality of their lives.
People who smoke cigarettes are just plain sick - and its time we all worked together to fight this horrible disease.
-- NeTMoNGeR