Need advice on addiction

2020-01-05T21:20:40+00:00

Ditch the energy drinks and stick to coffee. Up to 5 cups of coffee per day is fine:

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/9-reasons-why-the-right-amount-of-coffee-is-good-for-you

More than that, cut back as your body allows.

Bookforstand · 2020-01-05T21:31:22+00:00

Is coffee really that bad? I know most energy drink are bad but even some of those are fine. I think everyone needs a little caffeine boost most days. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger gets his caffeine fix.

Also, are you sure it's addiction?

Anyways, you could get a 'healthy' energy drink in powder form and slowly decrease the amount you take until you are just drinking water. Or just keep taking it in small doses when you really need it. I use Ammino Energy by Optimum Nutrition and I really like that stuff.

bamabeatsny · 2020-01-06T00:01:09+00:00

Coffee is ok, up to 4 or 5 cups a day. But those energy drinks are ALLLLLLLL bad. Stay away. Your body is not designed to process those. There's gotta be a source for you to find an alternative - like a personal trainer, health food store tech, something to help you replace and reduce/wean yourself off.

Encrypted587 · 2020-01-05T21:58:57+00:00

Have you tried cutting back on it, worked for me with caffeine just have one in the morning.

fulgur3000 · 2020-01-05T22:02:32+00:00

keep the coffee and cut the nrg drinks.

MichaelSWM · 2020-01-05T22:18:31+00:00

Honestly, no matter what anyone says, it won't do shit unless you really want it to stop.

It's the same with any addiction, coffee, pain pills, smoking, gambling, porn, games(plus spending in game).... No matter what others say, it won't do much.

I've had doctors show me horrific pictures of mouth, lip, throat and lung cancer to try and scare me into quitting smoking, and no matter that I saw it or knew how bad it was, some part just didn't want to quit, so I "couldn't" no matter how "hard" I tried.

It went that way until one day I lit up, dragged and then look at it, felt disgusted by it, disgusted by myself for using it and decided no more. I threw it away and I haven't even craved for it for over 6 years now. Nobody decided for me, nobody could really help me either. It just happened because at that moment it was what I wanted, not my family, not my doctor, not my friends, but me, it is what I wanted, and I did it, no problem at all.

A lot of that "addiction" is purely in the mind. Gain some control over yourself and your own willpower and the rest is a piece of cake. You'll perhaps see, that it wasn't as much an "addiction" as it was a bad habit.

Good luck.

TooAwareToCare · 2020-01-05T22:37:01+00:00

Swap in the occasional decaf or glass of water

No need to bluebell yourself right out the gate

Just cut down no need to quit

I rarely drink coffee though despite being a barista

plainnsimpleforever · 2020-01-05T22:37:58+00:00

You need to get off carb-based energy and get on fat-based energy. A carb-based diet gives you big fluctuations in energy throughout the day. A fat-based diet does not give you those swings and you remain satiated longer after each meal.

So 1) lift heavy, and 2) eat your meats, eggs, cheese, starches, and coloured vegies.

originaldutchcow · 2020-01-05T22:44:43+00:00

Listen pal. I am probaly one of a million rare cases but i gotta tell you.

Energy drinks on a daily basis made me allergic to caffein. Literally allergic. Puking, pressure on throat, panic attack etc. No more delicious cola, no more coffee, no more chocolate, anything with caffein for the rest of my life. Do not drink that shit. You will regret it.

GoodMan_Gone · 2020-01-06T00:26:48+00:00

IMO that shit is actually draining your energy. Cafeine is a light "upper." And the sugars in energy drinks give short term energy. But your body always need to recover from the "up." My advice: just accept the moments you feel low on energy. Just take some rest. A few minutes will be enough.

BrummerDrian · 2020-01-06T01:31:48+00:00

Coffee is far different than energy drinks. One commercial energy drink contains about your entire suggested sugar intake for the day, often more. Coffee has none until you add milk/sugar/etc. If you have several cans a day you are damaging your body.

The coffee I refer to is standard brewed coffee. If you consider "coffee drinks" like lattes, machiatos, frapuwhatevers, they often contain a full day of sugar as well. Stay away from all of those.

Cut the sugar first. After that, if you if you're feeling empowered, you can cut the caffeine down or out entirely. Just know the sugar is much more your enemy.

For me I only drink water, coffee, whisky, and the very occasional coke.

Speaker7 · 2020-01-06T08:34:09+00:00

Here you go op, good luck

Hiromant · 2020-01-06T15:04:17+00:00

Stick with it for at least two months, that's when you'll start to feel normal, which is to say great. Most adults don't even know how well rested, relaxed and stress free they'd be if they weren't wired on a stimulant all their lives. Read Caffeine Blues to see the wide variety of negative effects it has on the body and brain.

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