Why Caffeine Sucks & How I Got Off It
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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Been off caffeine for 4 months. Great decision, my energy is much more rounded and consistent. I feel more mentally whole, less nervous, been saving money from all the energy drinks and coffee, and I rest much better from sleep. I don't plan on going back; I love these benefits.
Its liquid anxiety
Coffee tastes disgusting after being free for some time...much like a cigarette smells bad after you've quit
That’s why most people ago milk and sugar to it 😅
Currently in the process of caffeine detox. I drank at least one cup a day, sometimes energy drinks and pre workouts too for about 12 years. This is day 6 and Im finally starting to recover from the withdrawal symptoms. Videos like this keep me going. Thank you for sharing.
Nice
If he’d have had caffeine, he’d have remembered to plug that mic in.
Doubt it. Caffeine reduces cerebral blood flow by 20%. Not good for thinking😉
Hahah I'm also against caffeine but thats funny
Im against caffeine but pro microphones
Ooooohhhhh. Buuuurrrrnnnn
Have the same thought - so huge mic and so bad sound
You're right, caffeine ( in my case, coffee ) gets a hold on you, makes you feel you need it - one needs to become extremely aware of what's happening, I am getting off it, Thank you. Most people don't like to think of themselves as addicts.
Get off alcohol, get off caffeine, AND get off carbs/sugar. 👍
Been off sugar for a month now and my energy levels and mental health has already improved a lot, but definitely want to try this next to get rid of the anxiety completely.
@@Anastasia-oy2zp sugar from things that aren't fruit is sort of gross. Noice
All these caffeine videos are the same everybody goes back
I quit coffee for about 8 months some years ago. Now I plan to quit again as I feel the negatives outweigh the positives. It’s ok if people go back. The most important thing is to be open minded and be willing to make changes. If someone gives up coffee, then goes back because they determine that it’s better to have it, that’s perfectly fine.
On day 29 of no caffeine. Watching this video as motivation to help me get out of bed; and I think I realized that: getting out of bed isn't hard. I just thought it was because I still behave as if I need 6 cups of coffee to wake up like 31 days ago. In short: getting out of bed is easier than we think it is on a caffeine-free lifestyle.
6 cups is a lot!
@@YousefBenhamida that's why I needed to quit cold turkey.
@notvenom1152 any upsides you can share at this point? How's your mood and energy?
@@chasvonplatten1298 yes: more raw consistent energy.
@@notvenom1152 Way cool! I'm down to just a cup or two of black tea about ten days, will jump off soon. Hoping for similar results.
I gave up caffeine 2/3 months ago. It’s definitely the right decision, however I still crave it sometimes. I’ve noticed this craving is strongest after a day of drinking, when I haven’t slept well and I’m feeling low. This Christmas period was especially hard because I drank a lot. I’ve had three days in a row of caffeine. So I made the decision to quit both. Looking forward to a clear head and natural energy again soon.
After drinking you are low so you need stiulants to fight the depression, which then just gets you dependent on a stimulant, which when you quit, will lead to depression again. So, it is a good idea to get both out of the system.
lol i was going to say coffee is much healthier than alcohol. you quit the wrong thing. Its best to quit both. i quit alcohol 2 years ago, coffee + sugar about 14 days now. I feel insanly good...lot of energy. i wake up daily at 5 am. gym. i look extreamly healthy and like 10 years younger.
As a big coffee drinker and alcohol drinker, the only time I never drank cofee when I was hangover. I did not crave it at all, makes me so dehydrated.
16 years about 12-16 oz of coffee every morning. Stopped three days ago and feels lethargic, slight headache, sleepy, hard to focus, constipation. As a runner and cyclist I can’t believe how tired I feel working out. But will just push through. I’m 57 and very active. I’m drinking herbal tea to help. Note, 2nd day I went swimming and literally could not get my heart rate up and my splits were crazy slow. So like you I just packed it up and went home
I'm 58, a whole life of coffee. I tapered, but today is basically day one. My running has been ok, my sleeping is better - for constipation, you can drink Teeccino herbal coffee it's no caf just like herbal tea but the chicory makes you go...
Its a drug.. the withdrawal is fcked..
Thank you for telling it like it is. So refreshing.
Np
Great video boss. Addiction is the antithesis to Self Control and discipline. But try not to mention the downsides of caffeine to the general public when socializing because they will become very defensive😂
Sounds accurate.
I myself was defensive for decades about my caffeine consumption. Realizing I display the classic behavioural cycle of an addict really opened my eyes. It's scary how addictive this stuff is, how hard it can be to quit.
You are totally right. It is Liquid stress and the energy you ”get” you just borrowed from yourself.
I was complaining to my doctor about my side effects from caffeine, which seemed unusual to me, not to mention my bad sleep habit. She said that some people are slow metabolizers of caffeine. That caffeine could take several weeks to completely disappear from your body. Three quarters of a Diet Coke is safe for me providing I don't consume it after 1 pm. I have started drinking 1 cup of decaf coffee with lots of 1% milk in the morning also. I also have to be careful with chocolate, sticking to milk chocolate if any at all, with the same rules about what time of day to consume it.
It's funny how we need caffeine only because we drink caffeine, but if you start drinking Teeccino instead of coffee and tea, you don't miss caffeine at all
I love the drug rant. This is me in all my conversations with people
i agree with u mate 100 %. Its a drug that affects ur mind and body with shitty side affects. We shouldnt drink it daily i reckon but drink it slectively sometimes for the taste etc. I knew a guy once who drank one cup every morning but thats where he drew the line. no more. most people dont have that control. For eg i havent quit alcohol but i drink it 2 or 3 times a month, thats called control. we all need control. dont eat a piece of cake daily but have it sometimes for sure. i dont believe in quitting something completely.
Thank you for making this video. I will try quitting for one week and see what happens. This will be my second time quitting. On day 14 last time I went back. I just felt tired, two weeks straight, just felt tired. But I am down to 20 ounces of coffee a day. So maybe this time when I do stop. Maybe I will do better. Because I usually have 3 cups of coffee per day. Never more than that.
Try 2 bags of Green Tea, it's much better. It has between 25-50mg of caffeine each and is more relaxing. Give it 3-4 days after and you'll feel better and have more natural energy.
Great video!
Thx
great topic ! more people need this. i suggest (as a viewer), increasing the sound quality and adding some color to the background.
Did he say 4 days?
Alcohol free fir a year, 2 weeks caffeine free👍
Bro, your camera quality is outstanding. Just had to say it.
It's not that people aren't as tough as you. It's that most people aren't privileged enough to be disfunctional in the way you described. They may have children or f
Depend on a attending a job financially, they can't spend almost 4 days lounging around or sleeping!
Weaning down is harder, takes much more discipline but allows you to remain functional throughout the process.
So taking the time to care for yourself is now privileged? Lol the woke madness never ends!
@@BB-rs2ib I am not woke. I am definitely not woke. In fact I'm more often accuse of being right wing, I'm not that either. But he literally stated that he couldn't do anything or hardly get out of bed for a week. How do you suggest a single mum with young children and no family support (not an uncommon scenario) and a job does that?
Now my answer would be she would need to taper so that the withdrawals remain at a manageable level. It's often more difficult to do, taking grater discipline to do this than go cold turkey. And with the added stresses of being single mum with no support and a job she would have to be much tougher than him to do that.
What I'm objecting to is the idiotic idea that everyone has the ability to become totally dysfunctional for a week, and doing so somehow makes you tough, it doesn't! Meeting your duties as an employee, parent, member of society, whilst finding a way even if more difficult to look after yourself does!
such a stupid take
@@novelaego2404 Which is a stupid take, his or mine? If mine why?
Allen Carrs book on alcohol is not accurate. It states that people drink only to feel like non-drinkers feel all the time. That is clearly not the case (There are a lot of helpful perspectives in the book though). However, I do believe that logic is applicable for caffeine and even more so for smoking.
How do you view tea and dark chocolate?
It's honestly not that bad for you. But it is nice to not need any of it at all.
@@YousefBenhamida How are you approaching it personally ?
@@BoeingPrototype I don't drink tea and not very much dark chocolate if ever. I don't see that much of an issue with dark chocolate, I am just not that into sweets as I feel like it is a slippery slop when it comes to snacking.
If you had caffiene you would of remembered to turn on the mic 🤣 jk jk great video on the process of alcohol/caffiene as well !
Yes so sad about what happened with the mic in this one.
I quit for 40 days and then started again 😂
I agree with the Alcohol caffeine correlation
Good to hear
Do you drink decaf?
Lately I have actually been drinking some actual coffee. May go back off someday, we will see.
@@YousefBenhamida EVERY video ends with someone going back. I swear people only quit so they can make a video and get views.
@@BookClubDisaster I quit, then after this video went back on for a couple months, only to get hooked again, and then I stopped again, and it's been a couple months or so. You have to get over the mentally challenging things, but the addiction, to say 3-4 cups or 300-350mg of caffeine a day, was making me unhappy. So much so that I dealt with it again. The hardest part is trying to redo all of the exercise and everything because it's mentally harder. I could only run 1.5 miles the first day because my mind was so tired, so I had to lay in bed. The next day you can go 3 miles, the next day 5 miles, multiple intense workouts, etc...If you stick with it is worth it. I figured out that caffeine also acts as a pain killer to help endurance, which was masking the fact that I needed to go to a lot of yoga, get a massage, and take care of my body. I think that is why perhaps a lot of people get injured with sports potentially. They can take lots of caffeine to mask pain because of items that are untended too. Yoga really helps, but doing yoga in a lot of caffeine is not as pleasurable as doing it without caffeine. Let's see how long it goes this time around. I have noticed people like the vibe of a non caffeinated person better in my opinion. Oh, a pretty nice benefit is that, without any alcohol and caffeine in my body, and a regular exercise, etc...I have literally no anxiety or anxiousness anymore :)
I know people who drink 15 cups a day
sounds a bit like addiction
That’s a lethal dose.
Drink coffee, then take Adderall 🏄♂️