Coffee and Caffeine FAQ

Hey folks! (especially all those folks who've been so supportive, like Dave and Denise)...

I am 60+ days out, coffee free.

Plus, three weeks ago I started a candida-free diet. No sugar...at all, except limited fruit. No refined flours, especially those most commonly used like wheat, corn. No vinegar, or sauces made with vinegar.

WOW!! I am more energized, most emotionally stable and positive, more calm, more motivated than I can remember being in years.

Anyone else exploring the coffee addiction/sugar addiction/yeast addiction thing and trying to break the other ones, besides coffee?

And to all of you out there at the beginning. It really DOES get better. But damn, folks ,don't try cold turkey. You are just setting yourself up to fail. This isn't some damn competition. Ease yourself away from it like it is some gnarly wild animal, don't try to face it down barehanded!! Remember, your body has been living with that stuff in its system for however long you've been drinking it...be kind to your body, give it time to adjust, let your adrenals get regulated to the new environment, let your immune system catch up with itself!

30 days was the benchmark for me. After 30 days I noticed a DRASTIC reduction of cravings, although they still occasionally hit, although they are more psychological than physical.

Funny story: last week I went out with friends for dinner. Keep in mind all the food restrictions I'm choosing, so I'm ordering my meal and I think, ok, no beer, no wine, no soda, not really wanting water...oh, i'll get iced tea.

Great idea, except that I'd been almost completely caffeine free for over month. The stuff hit me like high octane fuel, i was FLYING!!! I finally was able to go to sleep at THREE in the morning. Guess the stuff gets more potent when you've detoxed it from your system.

So, be well, folks. Take care of yourself while you are learning to take care of yourself!
Vic