I wish you luck hon. Staying on the wagon from caffeine is harder than many think. I have tried to quit drinking pepsi so many times and failed every single time.

I found that if you switch to meth, you don't miss the caffeine so much. :o)

but I went to opium to quit the meth bornunder and the crack is just enough to keep me from craving the morphine! :)

l'm caffeine free its one of my triggers especially in coffee, l bought a tabletop water purifier to keep my water cold throughout the day, sometimes l'll add juice to it. If l want a cold drink with some fizz then l mix the juice with bottled sparkling water or buy flavoured sparkling water. I juice my own fruit to have a high vitamin drink in the morning or at night if l feel tired and run down.

And I have every type of tea going lol plus hot chocolate if l really have a craving for coffee l drink de-caffeinated instant only never the de-caffeinated bean the caffeine content is still too high.

wow, you are my hero. i wish i could quit caffiene but i have gone without before (in the ward) and it was hell. almost as bad as going without ciggys. here i sit with a jumbo cup of coffee and will eventually switch to diet coke for the afternoon.

i seem to do all the bad thing for beepers: not enough sleep, caffiene and nicotine. one step at a time, sweet jesus....sorry broke out in song. anywho, i will continue to be a work in progress.

mazel tov to you!

ginkgo biloba gives a natural high, a little rush... followed by an increased energy level. besdies that it consistently ranks as a top medicine prescribed in France and Germany.

vickibea if I remember science class right tea sure aint caffeine free, and I hate to replace one addiction with another like ginko, I have thought about just a cookie every hour or two for the sugar rush but there is always a crash.

I had a two hour nap yesterday then stayed up til 4am and got up at 730 pretty well rested. I think that was due to dome stress I slept funny I am going to get some good rest tonight so I am ready for Sunday and follow through to my long work day Monday.

I work 13 hours straight on the computer from home Monday's and have a hard time without my usual nappy time. But I gotta make the Dough...(nuts).

Good thing about the new job is I have cut down on the smokes about 50% and now even most of them burn up in the ash tray, who knows maybe that will come next.

lol yes its true tea has caffeine in it so you would need herbal tea or decaf tea but herbal is better

if you smoke 1 ciggie you are a smoker
do not smoke that 1

it's your decisions

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou quotes (American Poet, b.1928)

and a natural high....eat bananas l cut 1/2 onto my rabbit food..cough, l mean bran flakes in the morning and eat 1 for lunch if needed

I drink decaff.I know that coffee is far more of a ' must have' stateside.It's Tea here that is more popular.All the best to you.I drink a lot of fresh orange juice too.Dark chocolate is my buzz.. I love it

I just want to add that you can get headaches from caffeine withdrawal, so if you are experiencing any, if may be that.
I quite coffee for one month and then finally said, 'screw it' and went back on it!! I was so dragged out.
It was after that that I somewhere heard or read that it can take 5 weeks to get over the withdrawal symptoms!! Just think!!! If I had just stuck it out for another week, I might have been okay!! LOLOL!!!
Good luck!! I hope it works out well for you!!!!

Hate to burst your bubble, but now you have to quit the diet soda. Aspertame is like poison and can cause all sorts of probs.
BTW, I can't quit it myself, still use Equal in my coffee. (sigh)

Alcohol and Jesus is the usual cocktail here

I used to be a caffeine freak and cut down slowly because of the withdrawal. I still allow myself a caffeinated soda once in a while just because I like the fuller flavor of it. I drink decaf coffee in the morning.

It is interesting to note that for coffee to be classified as decaf, it only has to be %97 caffeine free. All decaf coffees still have some caffeine in them. Tea is decaffeinated by boiling it in water for ten seconds and pouring it off, still leaving some caffeine in the tea also. In soda, the caffeine is added so it is legitimately called caffeine free or uncaffeinated with no residual.

We get carffeine in chocolates too, especially dark chocolate. So if you are cleaning house of caffeine, it is good to look in all those areas.

Congratulations on your success nobody, I think you are doing a wonderful job and I hope you continue to. Hugs