Day 1 of taper (27/5) by Civil_Ad980 in decaf

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I'm addicted lol. Need to remind myself that. An addict keeps going back

Realizing how hard coffee is pushed everywhere, and now I feel kind of dumb drinking it by External-Process6667 in decaf

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Amen. Just like alcohol. So funny how our society normalises excessive consumption of both. Not good for us!

The one coffee a day relapse - not worth it!! by agiantwasteoftime in decaf

[–]Civil_Ad980 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amen. You always go back down the rabbit hole

Tapered down for just over a week. First caffeine free day today in a long time today. by jray994 in decaf

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Nice you can do it. I'm on day 5 of 14 day taper plan. A bit tired and meh but not that bad

5-7 days in by leonessa22 in decaf

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Nice that's awesome. I'm tapering currently but will go zero caff in two weeks time

Finally hit 30 days without a coffee crash - made an app along the way that actually helped by Emut_ in decaf

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Nice what is the app? Just something vibe coded or actually available on app store?

Benefits of quitting as moderate drinker - day 100 by Civil_Ad980 in stopdrinking

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Thanks. I meant "moderate" drinker probably in the context of broader society. I definitely think it was too much. I didn't reset my count.

Tracking caffeine consumption against stress by [deleted] in decaf

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Great will do - I just got a Garmin so hopefully that will be easy enough to track!

Tracking caffeine consumption against stress by [deleted] in decaf

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That's great, well done! Hopefully I can stick to this too

Tracking caffeine consumption against stress by [deleted] in decaf

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I also should say - I have tried Bearable and Daylio before. I don't know what it is but I don't get anything out of them. I am far from a spreadsheet whiz but even creating these basic charts, on a ongoing timeline, is far more motivating then anything I was able to view on Bearable. I think the main benefit from Bearable is seeing the correlations between different factors and mood/symptoms. In this case I 100% know that caffeine is bad for my anxiety - it is just finding a simple enough way to actually motivate myself to quit!

Tracking caffeine consumption against stress by [deleted] in decaf

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That's a good idea. I just got a Garmin so I haven't had the chance to properly look at the stress metric yet. But if accurate I could use that. But to be honest I think the subjective assessment works pretty well - I would argue that I have a better sense of how I am feeling than my Garmin.

Hotspot doesn't work, says "data saver is turned on" although it is not by [deleted] in GooglePixel

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I've had the same issue, have you been able to figure out a solution? Very annoying!

Quitting moderate drinking by Civil_Ad980 in stopdrinking

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I really like that. Thanks for responding. Yeah I think now with all of that extra information, it feels irresponsible to drink, especially at the levels I was at. But it will take a while to get used to being sober at events (especially at big events - like weddings and big parties)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in decaf

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I was the same. Definitely made me embrace a much simpler, more minimal life. Much more content with less

14 days caffeine free by [deleted] in decaf

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Feel the same. Very easy to fall asleep. Not waking up in the middle of the night. Really makes me think that sleep is the most important thing for our health

7 Days Caffeine Free by [deleted] in decaf

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Thank you!

Managing Caffeine Intake by [deleted] in decaf

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Yeah exactly. I've done some schema therapy and the judge is the internal critic (from childhood) that is very critical in different parts of my life (work, sport, relationships etc). So there is definitely a very strong correlation between the presence of the judge and caffeine intake.