How necessary is caffeine in your life? Srs

07-13-2021, 10:19 AM

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How necessary is caffeine in your life? Srs

I drink it nearly every day for the last 5 years, regardless of what I'm doing or if I'm working. It seems like a basic staple of my existence now

Do you feel caffeine is necessary or only extremely preferable in life?

Hard to believe it's a drug that the majority of people are reliant on

Does caffeine mean we should take any drug that helps us get through the day as long as it's not too harmful?

07-13-2021, 10:20 AM

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4 cups a day but then I can only sleep 3 hours at night followed by a 3 hour nap mid afternoon

Can’t be healthy

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07-13-2021, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted By xeron⏩

4 cups a day but then I can only sleep 3 hours at night followed by a 3 hour nap mid afternoon

Can’t be healthy

4 cups seems pretty standard imo. I usually do 2 cups but double the amount of grounds per cup

That sleep schedule is probably less healthy but some people don't need a lot of sleep

07-13-2021, 10:26 AM

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1 preworkout , 3 cups a day. It got out of hand real quick, will need to take 2 weeks off from training and work to detox

07-13-2021, 10:31 AM

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I take a week off every 2-3 months.

3 days of headaches reminds me of my addiction.

I take in under 200mg a day.

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07-13-2021, 10:31 AM

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I’ve gone on and off caffeine so many times and the only thing I notice is that life is much more enjoyable on it. Just one cup of coffee in the morning and I just have a better day

I don’t need it, in terms of energy, but the mood improvement I get is worth it.

07-13-2021, 10:32 AM

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No caffeine regularly. But when I need a jump might grab an energy drink or even a pre workout, but no more than 2-3 times a week.

And when you have no coffee or caffeine daily, energy drinks and pre workouts seem to have an awesome effect.

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07-13-2021, 10:58 AM

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I tried to skip my morning coffee and now feel 10x better for having had it

Energy drinks make me feel better than coffee but are way worse for health to have regularly

07-13-2021, 10:59 AM

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i dont need any caffeine to function but i do enjoy a large cup of coffee everyday

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07-13-2021, 11:03 AM

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JFL if you think you don't need it but you drink a cup everyday. Druggie-Cope of the highest caliber.

07-13-2021, 11:12 AM

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Caffeine is the GOAT drug of all time. Average 3-4 cups of coffee a day plus pre-workout on lifting days and the occasional energy drink crew. I do keep my pwo intake down around 200mg though, I don't do the 300+mg/hit pwo chit.

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07-13-2021, 11:14 AM

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07-13-2021, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted By Realityy⏩

I’ve gone on and off caffeine so many times and the only thing I notice is that life is much more enjoyable on it. Just one cup of coffee in the morning and I just have a better day

I don’t need it, in terms of energy, but the mood improvement I get is worth it.

This is the exact same conclusion I've come to. I've gone off for months at a time, and I discovered I certainly don't need it......but I love a good Monster and some preworkout in the mornings.

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07-13-2021, 11:17 AM

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2 energy drinks per day checking in. I don't drink coffee at all, never enjoyed it.
I've gone off caffeine so many times i should probably stay off it next time around, the detox sucks i usually end up just cutting up pills and slowly decreasing the amount over a few weeks. That's when I realize and start to feel like chit over the addiction... when i'm literally cutting up pill doses for the next days lol

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07-13-2021, 11:18 AM

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I need it every day, all day until around 3:00pm ded fkin Srs. Cup of Death Wish or Lavazza depending on my mood, whole ground. Put on some fkin Carl Cox and have lazer sharp focus. I dare anyone try to out work me with 2 cups of coffee and a Carl Cox mix

07-13-2021, 11:26 AM

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Quitting caffeine makes you feel great.

However. I still need it if i don’t get to sleep in and need to go to the gym.

So. If I get to sleep in and wake up naturally. No caffeine.

If I need to force myself to get up early and am feeling sluggish. I have a redbull or something

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07-13-2021, 11:29 AM

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i need to quit

07-13-2021, 11:29 AM

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cliffs on video?

i have a single espresso every morning (about 80mg caff) because i enjoy it, not cause i need it. and i never have any caffeine after 11:30am

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07-13-2021, 11:32 AM

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07-13-2021, 11:33 AM

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2 pots a day crew. Black.

07-13-2021, 11:34 AM

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2 cups of Joe a day, no more preferably (plus PWO on workout days). I don't think that 6+ full mugs a day is healthy. As for these guys who take in 10 mugs....sounds like an addiction or dependency.

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07-13-2021, 11:35 AM

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4 cups of black coffee a day crew.

Never drink it after noon tho.

07-13-2021, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted By LethalGunz34⏩

2 pots a day crew. Black.

You're a fkn animal m8. I'll occasionally go through a full pot on a Saturday or Sunday chilling at the house, and feel like an absolute degen for doing so. Couldn't imagine two pots per day, that's excessive even by my extremely lax standards...

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07-13-2021, 11:36 AM

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200-300mg is my usual day. Try to not drink it after lunchtime though. I wake up at 333am and don't need it but I enjoy certain energy drinks and it helps kick me into gear.

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I usually work my way up to 4-5 cups of coffee through the morning then (on workout days) 1.5 scoops of pre-workout. Somewhere around 4-5 weeks of this I'll grab a BANG on a Saturday and it does absolutely nothing for me and that tells me I need to cut back, so Ill cut out coffee in the morning and just do 1/2 scoop pre for a week or so....then slowly find myself working back up.

I used to need it to have any sort of personality, but it's much more manageable now......or I've just accepted my lack of personality and dont GAF

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At one time I drank coffee every day, had to have it but wanted to quit because I don’t like being dependent on a substance.

I was taking a high blood pressure med that reacted with caffeine so I felt like I was having a heart attack whenever I drank coffee. That was back in 2008, I haven’t had caffeine since then.

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07-13-2021, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted By DimTriad⏩

cliffs on video?

-Guy quit caffeine for 3 months, was miserable. When he got back on, supposedly he had like a psychedelic experience. Realized caffeine was basically a part of his self, and his daily function was significantly improved on it

-Caffeine was revolutionary when Arabs discovered it's use, possibly Opened the doors for all the breakthroughs they had in math, science, etc. then subsequently the Enlightenment period when caffeine was introduced to Europe. Allowed people to override their natural sleep schedule and sustain more singular focus

-caffeine and productivity enhancement carried over to the industrial revolution and the modern age

-Productivity improvement is why (caffeine) breaks are still encouraged

-a couple other points about how caffeines use was discovered and why coffee/tea became popular so fast