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From: edhall@randvax.ARPA (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: How can one quit CAFFEINE?
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Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 17:47:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 28 17:47:57 1984
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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