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Best Way To Beat A Caffeine Addiction?

Posted by simoniker on from the coffee-grouches-of-the-world-unite dept.

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."

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  1. It went like 2 Minutes without a first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So I had to step in

  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yay!

  3. I was addicted once... by donkeyoverlord · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To trying to get first post!!!! But really, why don't you just ween yourself off? Have the small cup of coffee or only half a can of Dew.

  4. YOU HAD TO STEP IN JUST TO FAIL IT? YFI! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YUO = TEH FALIURE!!`1`tilde`!!1`eleven!

    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  5. WARNING: GOATSE-LIKE LINK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    DO NOT CLICK

  6. Re:Mental discipline by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm not addicted, but I thought Cat Woman looked pretty cool in that suit of her's . . .

  7. Re:multiple withdrawals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not here in Saudi Arabia, you insensitive clod!!

  8. Re:multiple withdrawals by osgeek · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    "I don't know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots." -George Bush

    That's George HW Bush who said that, by the way. I don't have any real reason to belive that GWB feels differently, but I still wouldn't imply that he said it by leaving out the middle initials.

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    Why are you letting these clowns ruin our country?
  9. Re:Actually this is a good idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dennis Kucinich's brand of anticorporatism stinks of the same immature unthinkingness so prevalent in the early '90s--you remember, when juvenile morons who considered any compromise tantamount to surrender railed against globalization and free trade in general, and NAFTA in particular, stupidly unaware, mind you, that they were being played for fools behind the scenes by union leaders and D.C.-establishment Democratic party bosses, whose motivations and means, let's face it, are no better than the corporate henchmen they oppose. On top of that, Kucinich is a dogmatic nincompoop who's so assured of his moral and intellectual superiority that he can't seem to help but throw snide remarks in as asides wherever he can (remember the first debate? "Helloooo?" I wanted one of the other candidates to punch him.)

    Not even Howard Dean is as arrogant as he. Also, Dean's supporters at least have the courtesy to bathe every so often, even if they're still ugly and fashion-retarded in their clothes cobbled together from hemp and burlap bags.

    In short, Kucinich is the most obnoxious major Democratic candidate and I would sooner vote for a fuckwad like Lieberman than vote for him. Kerry's my man. Cheers.

  10. MOD ABUSE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    More moderator abuse. This post is WAY offtopic, and should be modded as such.

  11. Cancer is not the only negative effect by gad_zuki! · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Lets see, where's my trusty "50 things you're not supposed to know" book?

    Russ Kick refrences this book.

    I can't find the book online, but this is pretty much what it covers. Let's just say the "Cancer Gambit" doesn't pay.

    Smoking was responsible for 70 percent of all cancer deaths and nearly 19 percent of cardiovascular disease deaths in Missouri in 1995. Missouri Department of Health; Center for Health Information Management & Epidemiology. Smoking-Attributable Mortality in Missouri. Monthly Vital Statistics 1998 March;32(1).

    Lung cancer has now surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of smoke-related deaths among white middle-class smokers. Thun MJ. Excess Mortality Among Cigarette Smokers: Changes in a 20-year Interval. American Journal of Public Health 1995; 85(9):1223-30.

    Smokers have a 50 percent greater chance of contracting a deadly form of adult leukemia. Napier K. Cigarettes: what the warning label doesn't tell you: the first comprehensive guide to the health consequences of smoking. NY: American Council on Science and Health; 1996.

    Smoking doubles the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Silverman DT, Dunn JA, Hoover RN, Schiffman M, Lillemoe KD, Schoenberg JB, et al. Cigarette smoking and pancreas cancer: A case-control study based on direct interviews. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1994; 86(20):1510-16.

    Smoking is a risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis. Symmons DPM, et al. Blood Transfusion, Smoking, and Obesity as Risk Factors for the Development of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Primary Care-Based Incident Case-Control Study in Norfolk, England. Arthritis & Rheumatism 1997; 40:1955-1961.

    According to a recent study, smokers have a 70 percent greater risk of suffering from hearing loss than nonsmokers. Cruickshanks K, Klein R, Klein BE, Wiley TL, Nondahl DM, Tweed TS. Journal of the American Medical Association 1998; 279(21):1715-1719.

    Smoking increases the chance of developing cataracts and other eye diseases. Napier K. Cigarettes: what the warning label doesn't tell you: the first comprehensive guide to the health consequences of smoking. NY: American Council on Science and Health; 1996.

    Smokers who develop skin cancer are more likely to die of their disease than nonsmokers. Napier K. Cigarettes: what the warning label doesn't tell you: the first comprehensive guide to the health consequences of smoking. NY: American Council on Science and Health; 1996.

    Smoking increases the risk of duodenal ulcers, Crohn's Disease, and colon polyps. Napier K. Cigarettes: what the warning label doesn't tell you: the first comprehensive guide to the health consequences of smoking. NY: American Council on Science and Health; 1996.

    Women who quit smoking may dramatically reduce their risk of cervical cancer. Szarewski A, Jarvis MJ, Sasieni P, Anderson M, Edwards R, Steele SJ, et al. Effect of smoking cessation on cervical lesion size. Lancet 1996; 347(9006):941-3.

    Women who are exposed to tobacco smoke (smoking and secondhand smoke) every day are two to three times more likely to develop breast cancer. Morabia A, Bernstein M, Heritier S, Khatchatrian N. Relation of breast cancer with passive and active exposure to tobacco smoke. American Journal of Epidemiology 1996; 143(1):918-28.

    Smoking increases the chance of developing colorectal, bladder, kidney, and pancreatic cancers. Napier K. Cigarettes: what the warning label doesn't tell you: the first comprehensive guide to the health consequences of smoking. NY: American Council on Science and Health; 1996.

    Smoking increases the chance of impotence in males. Napier K. Cigarettes: what the warning label doesn't tell you: the first comprehensive guide to the health consequences of smoking. NY: American Council on Science and Health; 1996.

    Smoking impai

  12. test - ignore by 3flp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    test - ignore

    I said ignore.

    I mean it.

    Go away.

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    "Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot." -- Paul Graham