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Get ready for some mood swings and anger issues, unless you still drink tea or other caffeine sources.

nobody cold quit caffeine after drinking if since highschool.

my first attempt lasted 3mo, the second one 6mo. every I've settled in coffee only in the early morning. ... worst part is the headaches when your addicted brain crave it.

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> nobody cold quit caffeine after drinking if since highschool.

That's your experience, not a fact.

I cold quit last year after drinking energy drinks since college (right before I quit I was multiple redeyes a day). Yes there are withdrawal symptoms but, through force of will, it is doable.

This narrative is seen way too often. “Here is how a drug affected me so get ready for it to affect you the same way.” Gets really tiring if you browse drug forums.

A physician told me that, while caffeine abstinence effects are real, they go away fast relative to other addictive substances.

"Fast" in my case turned out to be 2-4 days for the main physical symptoms such as headaches.

So yeah, not a very long time as these things go.

Yep, I could only cold-quit cigarettes. Soft-quitting never worked for me. Had to hard-stop and never take one again. Every time I felt the craving - 5 pushups!

Doing "Hard No" is easier for some people than "Do Less".

Many people successfully reduce or eliminate their caffeine intake with the right strategies and mindset.

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