Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site randvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!edhall From: edhall@randvax.ARPA (Ed Hall) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: How can one quit CAFFEINE? Message-ID: <1728@randvax.ARPA> Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 17:47:57 EST Article-I.D.: randvax.1728 Posted: Tue Feb 28 17:47:57 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 23:06:45 EST References: <557@pucc-h> Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica Lines: 16 ------------------------ From friends I know who have quit or cut down on caffine consumption, I can say that it is easier than quitting smoking. This is not to say that swearing off the brew is easy, but tapering off on coffee seems to work a lot better than tapering off on cigarettes. Sometimes decaffinated coffee helps. (Get the water-processed kind if you are worried that decaffinated coffee might have residues from chlorinated solvents.) This will help handle the psychological cravings. Your body is physically addicted, though, so if you go off of caffine cold-turkey or taper off too fast you'll end up feeling fatigued, nervous, and mentally dull. If you want to quit *now*, allow yourself several days when you won't be of much use to anybody. Make sure you are getting lots of rest, no matter how you plan to quit, and things will be easier. -Ed