48 sats \ 7 replies \ @cryotosensei 21 Sep \ on: What's you relationship with caffeine like? alter_native
I’m probably more reliant on it than I should.
I drink two cups - sometimes three - per day. Once in the morning, another during lunch time. The third cup is drunk when I get that 15 mins to myself before I rush to pick up my kids.
If I don’t have my first cup of coffee by 11am, I’ll start to develop a headache. That’s how bad my reliance is haha.
Thing is, I like coffee too much to give it up. I can’t fathom a life without coffee; my emotional attachment to it is too strong.
I love chai latte n drink it sometimes, but it’s just not the same as black coffee.
Anyway I think we must all have some vices here n there. Otherwise what’s the point of living life? Haha
@zapsammy successfully cut coffee off from his life. You should hear what he has to say
coffee is no longer a necessity in my life, more like a fun beverage i drink out of boredom, at any time of the day except evening.
come to think of it, i have never become a coffee addict, but more of a socially-conditioned consumer. i may be craving coffee... but never like an addict that cannot function without a cup. nowadays gf mainly buys the coffee, i do not ask for it. we do not go to the coffee shops anymore. today i accidentally cracked the french press. that might mark the end of routine coffee-making in my house, haha.
at home, i now brew herbal tea regularly. really for most of my life at home until later college, i used to drink herbal tea. coffee appeared after i started studying more into the night-time. later i discovered that it's not a long-term mental boost at all, but merely brings the person back to baseline function.
as far as quitting coffee, one could either mix more milk into it or get a lighter roast? i myself could not drink coffee black until maybe a couple years ago, and nowadays add only raw milk.
also consider the fact that apparently on some plantations, the workers harvesting the coffee have never tasted it themselves, and when offered, think it's bitter and not tasty at all, which was surprising but true.
talk about the coffee addiction, do not glorify it, but also do not fixate on it, and it will go away.
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Thanks for typing such a thought-out answer. I could certainly add milk to the mix; right now, I only drink black coffee.
I also like how you mention don’t focus too much on the addiction. It reminds me of what Undisciplined said before about approaching a problem by focusing on something else. Sometimes, by shifting our attention away, we solve our problem
What are you gonna do with your increased savings from no coffee consumption? Haha
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I really like your last comment. I am grateful that I deal with maybe drinking too much coffee and not other things. Have you ever felt addicted to other things at all? I feel I have addictive tendency at times so I am grateful that I have stayed away from scary substances.
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i was a hardcore sugar junky until i found bitcoin. my last memory of a sugar splurge was buying every flavor of caramel popcorn i could find in the store so that i could impress a girl who was visiting. now, i specifically say "no sweets on the table!" when i visit my mother or grandmother.
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I think more than most substances, sugar is overlooked as a major addiction that relates to disease of many people in America. Soda has sooo much sugar and many drink them like they are water. In my early 20s before I got into coffee, I would fill up a 64 oz thermos in the morning with Dr pepper. Then refill at lunch. Of course I was busting ass working then. Now that would make me so sick. How did Bitcoin help you get away from sugar?
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saifedean ammous said sugar is bad, and elaborated how bad, so i started listening more closely.
agreed, mass-produced major-brand sodas are mainly drain-decloggers, i say that openly. they are not for human consumption, and never were.
recently someone told me that wheat is toxic, so i refuse buns and bread slices altogether. they do not exist for me. i will eat home-made gluten-free bar/brownie made with almond flour, and will try sourdough bread.
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It's interesting how when we get new better information, more comes along with it. I also have been cutting out the wheat and pasta. It was making me feel like crap and I didn't even know it for a long time. I think gluten in general sticks inside of us. No bueno.
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