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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. My Control Method by the+man+with+the+pla · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Switch from drinking 5 cups of coffee everyday to drinking 4, and have one cup of apple cider or hot chocolate. Go down in one day increments, but still have a hot beverage as a replacement. Once you get to about a week or so off caffeine, there should be no headache problems. If you start to get a real bad urge, drink tea instead (not as addictive to me as coffee, I don't know about others).

    WARNING: When you start drinking coffee again, use moderation. It is very easy to fall off the wagon.

    Sincerely,
    Starbucks Anonymous

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    Posted in the name of sacred jihad

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    The linux hacker
  2. Re:Try other things by kv9 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    5: pr0n

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  3. Re:Mental discipline by dipipanone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Addiction is all in the mind.

    No it isn't. Very real physiological changes take place in the Central Nervous System and in the brain. Do a Google search for the work of, oh, someone like Mary Jean Kreek.

    I've never been addicted to anything and neither has my wife.

    Ah yes. The *other* Slashdot effect. I know nothing at all about this subject, but I'm damned if I'm not going to post my ill-informed views anyway.