• tatterdemalion
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    7 days ago

    I managed to quit drinking coffee about two months ago. Now I’m addicted to tea, but I feel like that’s progress.

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      7 days ago

      I avoid drinking caffeine within 2 hours of waking up. This allows my body to wake up normally, because otherwise caffeine inhibits the “waking up” process of your body and when the caffeine wears off you’re back to being just as tired as before. Apart from that black coffee is fairly healthy from what I’ve heard

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        6 days ago

        I’ve heard that before. Haven’t tried it though. I had two issues with coffee: the acidity sometimes hurt my stomach and the amount of caffeine would worsen my anxiety, especially if I hadn’t slept well the night before.

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          I do this as well. I can tell quickly when I’m starting to build a dependency on coffee and having grown up with boomer parents who exemplified the “don’t talk to me before I’ve had my morning coffee” trope, I never want to be in that position. I’ll have coffee a couple times a week at most. Usually black with a light roast. If it doesn’t taste good without stuff in it then IMO it isn’t worth drinking.