On any habit I mean
Quit caffeine that way. Brutal. Felt like shit for a good solid two weeks. Didn’t feel normal for another month.
But I did it and now I’m caffeine-free. :)
You must’ve been drinking a lot
Well from the literature I read, it affects people differently. I drank a lot, but probably not as much as coffee drinkers.
My caffeine was mainly Mountain Dew. Couple of 20 oz bottles a day, every day for several years. Not much compared to most gamers and shit.
But for me, it was very very painful and uncomfortable to quit.
I also know someone who drank coffee every day all day, way more caffeine than I did, and she quit cold turkey. One day headache, then she was good.
It also has the sugar right?
Hmmm, I never really thought about the sugar part. I wasn’t aware there were withdrawal symptoms from sugar. So I didn’t think about it.
Quit meth that way, fucking brutal. Worst experience of my life, and there’s a fair few shitty times to compare it to.
What was it like
Physically painful, mentally crushing. I didn’t speak to anyone for a week and a half, just couldn’t bring myself to do it. Everything ached, my skin felt like it was on fire in random patches that kept moving around, and I was more depressed than I had ever been in my life to that point.
Thanks for sharing. What was your daily usage, while you were consuming? How long have you been off off meth?
Daily usage was fairly high, I was snorting or smoking 4-6 grams a day depending on purity. Which…like… looking back? I’ve got no idea why I’m not dead. Between sleep deprivation, chemical intake, and not eating… definitely should have kicked off.
I’ve been clean off meth for 20 years in May or June this year, and clean off everything else except weed and alcohol for 16 sometime closer to September.
I actually don’t regret a single thing, I would highly advise against doing meth or any other chemical stimulant, but I learned a lot about myself and my breaking point. I regret being a smoker more than anything from that period of my life. I also regret that most of my friends from around then are dead or in jail. Two of us managed to move on and have a normal life, and the rest were either dead before 30, in the clink for another 5-10 or are living off the dole with no further aspirations in life than getting stoned and playing video games.good on you, wow. It must have been very difficult
How did you get through all that?
Didn’t really have a choice. I had started to attract the attention of the law, and I could see myself spiraling out. Didn’t want that, I’m too soft for a life of crime. So… shear force of will? Stubbornness?
That’s some crazy high level of willpower
Ehhhh…I guess? I’m still a smoker, so maybe that says something about the addictiveness of nicotine…
Vaping. Drank energy drinks for a week and then coffee for a few more weeks before the cravings got manageable.
Eating. But failed after just 9 days. Cured a bunch of digestive stuff though, which is nice.
I did it for smoking. Decided to do it over Christmas years ago and my smoker friends supported me by not offering fags. It was alright.
caffeine. I was so wired from drinking like 5 redbulls every day that I wasn’t sleeping anymore, maybe a few hours here and there. I was starting to go insane. so I remember at one point on my work lunch break, February 27th 2024, I told myself I won’t ever drink these again unless it’s a situation where I need to be awake (like if I’m on an overnight layover with an early flight for example, which is rare enough). I sleep until about noon now on my days off, it’s fucking awesome.
How was your experience? When I quit caffeine cold turkey, I was miserable. Crazy ass dreams. Headache that wouldn’t go away. Two weeks of just total shitty symptoms. Month before I felt totally ok.
Now I’m caffeine free, but holy fuck, that was tough.
at first for about a week I had a horrible headache. it didn’t feel like a normal headache either, it felt like a mix between the sinus pressure type of headache and a fever headache. I also was sleeping 3 times as much during this phase, like I’m talking sleep before work, get home the next day and sleep 5 more hours. wake up eat dinner sleep again. but eventually I got passed it after that week or so. felt better ever since. saves a lot of money too.
Yep, that headache type is the exact kind I had too.
I’m impressed that you wrote such a long response without any caffeine.
Pot.
Cold Turkey is the only way I can quit. It fucked with my appetite to the point that I lost 25 lbs, and I was cranky, and had fucked up sleep for like 3 weeks.
I can’t slowly tappet off. The hardest time to resist getting stoned is the day after I got stoned.
Went cold turkey for smoking about 15 years ago. I still get a crazy urge to smoke if i walk past a smoking pad or a designated smoking area. It only lasts for about 10 seconds but its not enough for me to take it back up.
Stopped smoking 7 years ago. I tried it two times before without success. This time was easy. Mindset is everything.
What made it work the third time?
By that time I really wanted to stop because I realized how every inhale put another layer of tar on my lungs and that thought alone made me feel bad about it. I believe the disgusting images they had to put on cigarette packs at some point in Germany made an impact on me.
It also helped a lot that less and less friends were smoking and that I had a significant change in my life due to me getting a dog at the same time, so I kinda went with the flow.
COVID kinda forced me to do it with weed after I developed a THC allergy. Even edibles trigger it.
From alcohol but with medication to reduce withdrawal symptoms. Three times.
From soda. I drank a ton of water.
From cigarettes after I’d worked my way down from a pack a day to three per day. I’d gone back up to four and then five and stopped completely before it got back on top of me. Starting again (after seven years) was the worst decision of my life. I moved to vaping six years ago.
I always go cold turkey cuz my stash runs out.
Snoozing my alarm clock. Went cold turkey about 10 years ago, 0 tolerance. Now my alarm goes off, I turn my lamp on immediately at full brightness, and get up and out of bed within seconds. Used to be really challenging, but now I do it without thinking.
I should try this. Cuz, I love that snooze button!
Ever since I was a kid, my family had this electric bathroom warmer which has been my best friend for a lot of time. For 15 years, it has been the main reason for me to quickly wake up during school and work days. I needed the warmth and the white noise, even during summer. A few years ago I decided to “quit”, because it started too feel a little like an addiction, and not being able to spend at least 10 minutes in front of this thing would mean ruin the entire morning. Quitting wasn’t that hard, of course, but ever since I quit I have a severe problem with snoozing alarms. I need at least 30 minutes to wake up, rested or not rested it doesn’t matter, I just cannot help myself to step off off the bed as soon as the alarm rings. Tbh I do not see this as a serious problem, cause lukily it doesn’t fuck with my usual daily scehdule, but I will soon try to roll up my sleeves and see if I can improve my alarm2bathroom time
Did you know that there’s smart alarms, like apps, that track your sleep and will wake you at the right time? There’s also alarm lamps that slowly go on so you’ll wake up naturally.
I’m aware of them. I’ve never been comfortable with sleep tracking apps or wearables. I refuse to rely on technology for something that my body is perfectly capable of doing on its own. After decades of life, I’ve figured out what works best for me. I don’t oversleep, because I get up the moment my alarm goes off.
Yep. Alcohol. It was the only way for me to quit. I had the shakes for a day, but that was about it.
I have the temptation from time to time, but I am stronger than it.
Yes. Have you?
