Coffee and Caffeine FAQ

I used to drink 5 cups a day, then quit cold turkey in January of '08. The withdrawal effects were brutal for about a week. headaches, tiredness, crankiness. Just recently I started drinking coffee again. Big mistake. After about a week of 1 cup a day, I was getting headaches at night. So the decision was to either up the coffee amount (slow stream throughout the day) to keep the headaches at bay, or quit. I've chosen to quit. I'm now in the withdrawal stage. It's been two days, and the headaches are starting to weaken. Coffee just doesn't work for me. I don't seem to have problems with caffeine in chocolate, though.