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Re: How To Break Your Daily Caffeine Habit And Use Coffee Strategically

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Post by forensic » Mon, Aug 15, 2011, 7:57 PM UTC

tomjen3 wrote: post #64

forensic wrote: post #7

Anti-caffeine bloggers are so annoying. There is nothing wrong with caffeine, it pretty much drives the modern world. Caffeine is a highly successful and safe nootropic and I'm convinced that people who tell you to stop it are the same people who would tell you to stop masturbating, or to take cold showers, or to sleep without a mattress. There is no good reason to stop caffeine. If you want an extra boost, just drin…

Masturbation changes your testostron levels, so I some cases that might be beneficial. Cold showers influence your metabolic rate, so they can help with weightloss. Sleeping on the floor may be better for your back, but honestly I don't know.

If you want to speak "honestly" . . . everything you just said was pulled out of your ass.

Cold showers may influence metabolic rate but their most pronounced effect is that they make you want to avoid taking a shower, resulting in stinky, anxious, unhappy people.

Masturbating is so much fun than any health benefits or detriments are irrelevant. It increases quality of life.

Re: How To Break Your Daily Caffeine Habit And Use Coffee Strategically

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Post by agscala » Mon, Aug 15, 2011, 9:14 PM UTC

Ideka wrote: post #42

davesmylie wrote: post #10

I tried for years to give up an 8+ cup a day habit. The first few times after a few days of no coffee I would be literally falling asleep at my desk at work. Recently I went on a long vacation, and though I was drinking coffee, it was no where near as much as usual, and even that trickled off completely during the last week. At that point I thought I may as well try stopping completely - it was hard, but it's been ab…

> The downside is, I miss the taste of coffee. You can always put it in your mouth, and then spit it out.

I don't think anybody would seriously consider doing that; it wouldn't be enjoyable at all.

Re: How To Break Your Daily Caffeine Habit And Use Coffee Strategically

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Post by michaelpinto » Tue, Aug 16, 2011, 2:28 AM UTC

biot wrote: post #60

michaelpinto wrote: post #34

If you're breaking a caffeine habit doesn't that imply that you are no longer drinking coffee? That's sort of like saying you are giving up on nicotine but will only have a smoke every now and then. My thinking is you either embrace you vice or avoid it — no?

Abstinence is not the opposite of habit.

But it's a good start -- no?