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Ask HN: How Much Alcohol/Coffee Do You Drink?

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Re: Ask HN: How Much Alcohol/Coffee Do You Drink?

#21
I used to drink coffee occasionally but if I take a break or drink too much I get really jittery and sick. So I'm not longer drinking it. Though I might have a half cup before the gym as a boost.

As for alcohol, it's always present at work and it's hard to not drink. I can't say no to free beers ;)

Re: Ask HN: How Much Alcohol/Coffee Do You Drink?

#22
2 double shot espressos, one early morning, and one late morning. No coffee after noon.

1 glass of watered red wine with dinner (my only meal each day). When going out, I will have 2-3 glasses of wine, but only once every two weeks or so. The rest of the time I'll drink Perrier or soda water.

3-4 glasses of water a day. More on workout days, but I find on a ketogenic diet my water requirements are less. I don't add salt to my food, and I cook all my meals. I don't use condiments either.

I don't drink tea, energy drinks, juice, smoothies, or pop. What I enumerated above is what I drink.

Re: Ask HN: How Much Alcohol/Coffee Do You Drink?

#23
3 - 5 cups of coffee per day. And an average of 3 beers per night.

Once or twice per year I tend to take 1 - 4 weeks off from alcohol and taper down on caffeine significantly. .. sometimes down to no caffeine. It's rough going for a few days but afterwards I feel that I can't tell the difference between not consuming and consuming

Re: Ask HN: How Much Alcohol/Coffee Do You Drink?

#24
Almost no coffee, but a fair bit of caffeine - maybe 3 or 4 cups of tea with an occasional soda mixed in. I'm working on night classes for a graduate degree as well, so towards the end of the semester mix in some energy drinks too - definitely not healthy but the only way I can make it through.

Very little alcohol, 1-2 drinks once every other week or so, often with stretches of a month or more with none at all. I just don't seem to enjoy it as much as many people do, although it is nice sometimes.

Re: Ask HN: How Much Alcohol/Coffee Do You Drink?

#27
coffee free for the last 30 days (used to drink about 2 cups per day) and alcohol free for the past year (used to drink about 3 glasses of wine every evening and more on the weekend) Feel great - work/family and social life definitely massively improved.

Re: Ask HN: How Much Alcohol/Coffee Do You Drink?

#28
No coffee. 2 cups of tea per day. No more caffeine than that, and none after lunch, or I won't be able sleep easily or soundly. Caffeine crashes and the exhaustion from caffeine-related sleep deprivation are both so much worse than just not consuming caffeine at all. It's not worth it.

Alcohol: up to two beers at a date, happy hour, or other event. Three if it lasts more than 4 hours. A glass of wine if eating dinner with someone else. Probably averages 2-3 nights per week with any alcohol consumption. No negative effect on social life (though I do enjoy social events more when self-medicating for social anxiety with those beers). More than one drink does affect my sleep that night and energy levels for a couple days, but I haven't been hung over in a decade except for after that one wedding...

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