Coffee is harder to quit than Alcohol

If you have problems quitting either then you should seek help.

Try black tea. There’s less caffeine in it. It sounds like a gradual approach to quitting would benefit you.

I dropped booze without a single issue. Best decision I've made in a long time.

Coffee...I could probably drop it over a weekend, but would need to taper the week before so the headaches wouldn't ruin me. Do I want to drop coffee? No. Not at all.

Milk is harder than quit than both coffee and alcohol.

Good to know, but why quit drinking coffee? The benefits of coffee outweigh the harm (if there is any harm.) Unless your cardiologist told you to quit.

NickatNight wrote:

I've done both and coffee is 10X harder to quit. The withdrawals are unreal. Also, alcohol is generally consumed in the evenings, coffee is around from the time you wake up.

easily the most consumed drug around the world. I couldn't imagine life without a cup of coffee in the morning, it's an automatic.

Never been all that hooked on alcohol and I often go weeks without drinking any, so no comment there.

But, I have quit coffee a few times. It is 2-3 days of awful morning headaches, and then you are fine. I'd think if you were truly addicted to alcohol it would be much worse.

I always have returned to coffee though. Decided that I really enjoy it, it is really studied extensively, and not much has come out saying it isn't good for you.

Caffeine is the most widely consumed antioxidant in the United States.

For those of you who struggle to quit coffee, how much coffee r u drinking? I sometimes do a cup in the morning but occasionally forget on the weekends. Don’t seem to have any problems.

Coffee is an old and dear friend. Has bailed me out of many desperate situations going back to age 18. I've gotten down to one half cup in the morning and haven't been able to stay quit. Sort of like any addiction, you turn to it when the need strikes

xlev2 wrote:

Coffee is an old and dear friend. Has bailed me out of many desperate situations going back to age 18. I've gotten down to one half cup in the morning and haven't been able to stay quit. Sort of like any addiction, you turn to it when the need strikes

Struggled to give up booze, but am allowing myself the twin vices of coffee and premium I've cream (hence my user name).

sdfasdfa wrote:

Good to know, but why quit drinking coffee? The benefits of coffee outweigh the harm (if there is any harm.) Unless your cardiologist told you to quit.

Yeah. To the extent that coffee is hard to quit, it's mostly just because there is no compelling reason to do so. Anything that I enjoy that doesn't harm me in any way will be "hard to quit" because I'm not going to try to quit.

Don’t quit coffee. There is no reason to quit. Seriously.

There might be a good reason not to drink too much coffee, but you could say that about anything.

sdfasdfa wrote:

Good to know, but why quit drinking coffee? The benefits of coffee outweigh the harm (if there is any harm.) Unless your cardiologist told you to quit.

The main harms of coffee are osteoporosis / osteopenia, cardiac issues and financial issues if you have a daily Starbucks addiction. The main reason coffee became popular is because cocaine was outlawed.

wammr wrote:

Try black tea. There’s less caffeine in it. It sounds like a gradual approach to quitting would benefit you.

This is bad advice. Black tea is oxidized; therefore too much can be bad for the kidneys. Green tea has nearly as much caffeine--that is, plenty enough--without the oxalates.

joedirt wrote:

sdfasdfa wrote:

Good to know, but why quit drinking coffee? The benefits of coffee outweigh the harm (if there is any harm.) Unless your cardiologist told you to quit.

The main harms of coffee are osteoporosis / osteopenia, cardiac issues and financial issues if you have a daily Starbucks addiction. The main reason coffee became popular is because cocaine was outlawed.

And the main downside of water is that you can drown in the stuff. But if you just exercise a modicum of moderation on both the coffee and water fronts, you won't drown, face financial ruin, or end up with osteoporosis as a result of your daily habits.

Pretty much every year I get a three-day sickness with vomiting of some sort. I can't eat for 2-3 days and sleep a ton. When I am recovered, I am off coffee with no withdraw at all. I think the illness masks the caffeine withdraw. It's great. Probably the best way to break the habit.

Of course, I am back to drinking coffee within a week...

joedirt wrote:

sdfasdfa wrote:

Good to know, but why quit drinking coffee? The benefits of coffee outweigh the harm (if there is any harm.) Unless your cardiologist told you to quit.

The main harms of coffee are osteoporosis / osteopenia, cardiac issues and financial issues if you have a daily Starbucks addiction. The main reason coffee became popular is because cocaine was outlawed.

Everything you said is wrong except for the starbucks comment. Make you own with great eans and an Aeropress. It tastes better and is way cheaper and is actually even more convenient.

water is the hardest to quit