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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".