Log In

Your email is not your username

Register

If you were a member of the old Bodybuilding.com forums and would like to reuse your previous username, you can request it below. We use your email only for registration and do not store it. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Confirm your email

A registration code was sent to your email. Enter it here.

Welcome

You have successfully setup your account.

Sign in

Quick Navigation Bottom Misc
Forum » If you are addicted to stimulants, there's no going back
  1. Results 1 to 27 of 27
  2. Page 1 of 1

Thread: If you are addicted to stimulants, there's no going back

post 1682559123 05-12-2023, 07:17 AM
-
#1
  1. Gaedj
  2. Registered User
  1. Gaedj
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2013
  4. Age: 34
  5. Posts: 3,966
  6. Rep Power: 3499

If you are addicted to stimulants, there's no going back

For instance, many people believe your brain will be back to working at full capacity once you quit caffeine for a few months. But this is simply not true from my personal experience. I've quit caffeine for nearly one year in the past and my productivity was never the same during that period.

Once you are addicted to stimulants, you are pretty much fked for life unless you are cool with being significantly less productive.
post 1682559193 05-12-2023, 07:18 AM
-
#2
  1. Kormo
  1. Kormo
  3. Join Date: Sep 2016
  4. Posts: 23,492
  5. Rep Power: 171110
Coffee was one of the key elements in the enlightenment period of history. You would not be posting from a computer right now on the internet if our ancestors didn't drink coffee
post 1682559253 05-12-2023, 07:19 AM
-
#3
  1. Condo41
  2. Registered User
  1. Condo41
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2021
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 13,651
  6. Rep Power: 80918
I had a different experience

When I quit caffeine, my 4pm drive home cane around and I was alert af and ready to go.
post 1682559293 05-12-2023, 07:20 AM
-
#4
  1. sennas
  2. ￣
  1. sennas
  2. ￣
  3. Join Date: Apr 2007
  4. Age: 42
  5. Posts: 5,521
  6. Rep Power: 31383
Life without coffee isnt worth living srs
post 1682559333 05-12-2023, 07:21 AM
-
#5
  1. nickh04
  2. Registered User
  1. nickh04
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jun 2011
  4. Location: Sacramento, California, United States
  5. Posts: 25,770
  6. Rep Power: 211884
been drinking caffeine every single morning since I was about 20. is it over for me?
-MS Paint/Chop crew
-GIF crew
-Tradie crew
-No mask/vaccine crew


Neg on site for reddit and tiktok threads dedsrs
post 1682559413 05-12-2023, 07:22 AM
-
#6
  1. Voidgaze
  2. Real Azz Misca'
  1. Voidgaze
  2. Real Azz Misca'
  3. Join Date: Feb 2018
  4. Location: Texas, United States
  5. Posts: 54,578
  6. Rep Power: 603960
This is my second day without caffeine. Sleep quality is better
post 1682559443 05-12-2023, 07:23 AM
-
#7
  1. Gaedj
  2. Registered User
  1. Gaedj
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2013
  4. Age: 34
  5. Posts: 3,966
  6. Rep Power: 3499
Originally Posted By Condo41⏩
I had a different experience

When I quit caffeine, my 4pm drive home cane around and I was alert af and ready to go.
But were you getting more chit done at work as well?
post 1682559453 05-12-2023, 07:22 AM
-
#8
  1. Archangel_Lost
  2. Attention K-Mart shoppers
  1. Archangel_Lost
  2. Attention K-Mart shoppers
  3. Join Date: Aug 2003
  4. Location: United States
  5. Posts: 58,036
  6. Rep Power: 148333
well I mean obviously your brain isn't going to go back to working like it was on caffeine since the purpose of caffeine is better productivity, you were probably just retarded before and returned to baseline.
Lifts:
Squat: 460x1
Bench: 400x1
Deadlift: 575x1
OHP: 250x2
Weight: 180 lbs.

Don't have heroes; look up to no one. Because as long as someone's leading the way, the best you'll ever be is second.
post 1682559843 05-12-2023, 07:34 AM
-
#9
  1. Gaedj
  2. Registered User
  1. Gaedj
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2013
  4. Age: 34
  5. Posts: 3,966
  6. Rep Power: 3499
Originally Posted By Voidgaze⏩
This is my second day without caffeine. Sleep quality is better
That's literally the only upside of quitting caffeine.
post 1682560813 05-12-2023, 08:03 AM
-
#10
  1. northernlights7
  2. Banned
  1. northernlights7
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Jun 2013
  4. Posts: 24,527
  5. Rep Power: 24
Opie is right. I quit perscription addies like 5 months ago. The constant drowsiness that you get after years of being on that stuff sucks. Even months later and after a good night's sleep, it's tough for me to feel genuinely refreshed without it.
post 1682560923 05-12-2023, 08:05 AM
-
#11
  1. Duckliver
  2. Offal
  1. Duckliver
  2. Offal
  3. Join Date: Jun 2013
  4. Location: Washington, United States
  5. Posts: 32,148
  6. Rep Power: 346618
I mean your wrong

10 days

Brain healed from caffeine damage minus whatever sleep debt you owe (sleep debts have to be repaid, no other way around that)
post 1682561633 05-12-2023, 08:20 AM
-
#12
  1. Gaedj
  2. Registered User
  1. Gaedj
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2013
  4. Age: 34
  5. Posts: 3,966
  6. Rep Power: 3499
Originally Posted By Duckliver⏩
I mean your wrong

10 days

Brain healed from caffeine damage minus whatever sleep debt you owe (sleep debts have to be repaid, no other way around that)
Try doing tasks that are mentally demanding and you'll notice your brain just doesn't operate at the same level.
post 1682561773 05-12-2023, 08:22 AM
-
#13
  1. plebmaximus
  2. Registered User
  1. plebmaximus
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Nov 2020
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 8,998
  6. Rep Power: 51569
Originally Posted By sennas⏩
Life without coffee isnt worth living srs
This


/thread
Lifting Crew
post 1682561923 05-12-2023, 08:24 AM
-
#14
  1. FinBra
  2. Registered User
  1. FinBra
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Nov 2011
  4. Location: Florida, United States
  5. Age: 39
  6. Posts: 6,666
  7. Rep Power: 46532
Coffee is the most overrated **** I've ever tasted. May as well be dirt without a **** ton of sugar/cream.

Would rather have a nice clean monster in my mouth and I'm not even a tradie.
post 1682561973 05-12-2023, 08:25 AM
-
#15
  1. northernlights7
  2. Banned
  1. northernlights7
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Jun 2013
  4. Posts: 24,527
  5. Rep Power: 24
Originally Posted By Gaedj⏩
Try doing tasks that are mentally demanding and you'll notice your brain just doesn't operate at the same level.
yeah plus someone who claims their brain healed and rewired itself in just 10 days of quitting caffeine is either exaggerating the extent of it, or they weren't that addicted to caffeine in the first place.
post 1682562363 05-12-2023, 08:31 AM
-
#16
  1. jkanebell
  2. Registered User
  1. jkanebell
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jul 2008
  4. Age: 39
  5. Posts: 1,211
  6. Rep Power: 6169
150mg a day for the last 20 years. Tours over?
post 1682562663 05-12-2023, 08:35 AM
-
#17
  1. batmanman
  2. Rep Power: 696969
  1. batmanman
  2. Rep Power: 696969
  3. Join Date: Oct 2006
  4. Location: Manhattan, Kansas, United States
  5. Age: 36
  6. Posts: 29,598
  7. Rep Power: 55554
coffee is for gays
post 1682563013 05-12-2023, 08:41 AM
-
#18
  1. EDcellent
  2. You too
  1. EDcellent
  2. You too
  3. Join Date: May 2009
  4. Location: Connecticut, United States
  5. Posts: 14,086
  6. Rep Power: 140306
275-300mg from pwo in the morning then head in to work. Did I dun goof?
post 1682563203 05-12-2023, 08:44 AM
-
#19
  1. Alphametric
  2. Registered User
  1. Alphametric
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: May 2023
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 849
  6. Rep Power: 4721
Originally Posted By jkanebell⏩
150mg a day for the last 20 years. Tours over?
Those are rookie numbers.
post 1682563293 05-12-2023, 08:46 AM
-
#20
  1. CellyTech
  2. Registered Celltech Abuser
  1. CellyTech
  2. Registered Celltech Abuser
  3. Join Date: May 2015
  4. Location: Ireland
  5. Posts: 14,248
  6. Rep Power: 130013
What about pepsi? I'm found of a few g's from time to time
post 1682563473 05-12-2023, 08:50 AM
-
#21
  1. YourMomsACow
  2. Registered User
  1. YourMomsACow
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Mar 2023
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 103
  6. Rep Power: 62
the depression i get from caffeine withdrawal will never be worth it. i dont care if its sunny heaven on the other side give me pepsi and monster inject my veins directly
post 1682563833 05-12-2023, 08:55 AM
-
#22
  1. northernlights7
  2. Banned
  1. northernlights7
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Jun 2013
  4. Posts: 24,527
  5. Rep Power: 24
Originally Posted By jkanebell⏩
150mg a day for the last 20 years. Tours over?
Originally Posted By EDcellent⏩
275-300mg from pwo in the morning then head in to work. Did I dun goof?
As the alt already said, these are rookie numbers.

You guys really think having 150mg - 300mg in coffee most days of the week is a big deal? Try getting to a point where you're doing 400mg - 600mg+ in caffeine tabs just to feel like you're at a baseline level of ability to function. Then if you really wanna know what getting off stimulants is like, try being on perscription addies for years on top of that and quitting those. It's a totally different league of trying to heal your brain from addiction to stims.
post 1682564553 05-12-2023, 09:12 AM
-
#23
  1. SevenFigures
  2. Registered User
  1. SevenFigures
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Oct 2014
  4. Location: Texas, United States
  5. Posts: 1,281
  6. Rep Power: 10259
I regret ever taking a sip of coffee. I'll never be the same
post 1682566843 05-12-2023, 09:40 AM
-
#24
  1. northernlights7
  2. Banned
  1. northernlights7
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Jun 2013
  4. Posts: 24,527
  5. Rep Power: 24
Originally Posted By monster0ultra⏩
I already knew I was a superior human being but caffeine even more so showed me that that's the case. Caffeine is popular with gamers and manual laborers. It never occurred to me to use caffeine for those purposes because those seem like super easy tasks to me mentally speaking.
yeah at some point though all you're doing is messing up your tolerance. High tolerance to caffeine sucks.
post 1682566883 05-12-2023, 09:41 AM
-
#25
  1. ReturnOfChang
  2. Banned
  1. ReturnOfChang
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Apr 2023
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 945
  6. Rep Power: 0
Imagine the life of a wagecuck or tradie without caffeine. That chit is BRUTAL.

12 PM comes around, you realize FUKKK there's still at least 3-5 hours to go.

This is the period 99% of people trying to quit coffee replapse lulz.
post 1682568363 05-12-2023, 10:04 AM
-
#26
  1. Peacening
  2. dadbod on lock
  1. Peacening
  2. dadbod on lock
  3. Join Date: Feb 2017
  4. Location: United States
  5. Posts: 10,814
  6. Rep Power: 90739
1 year of Pepsi addiction fukked my brain for the following 2


Coffee ain't chit boyo
HTC
Proud Dad crew
6'4" height of the gods
post 1682568613 05-12-2023, 10:07 AM
-
#27
  1. ProudKraut
  2. Registered User
  1. ProudKraut
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Apr 2012
  4. Location: Hessen, Germany
  5. Posts: 7,140
  6. Rep Power: 50098
lol if you pussies can't quit coffee. Tours over for you.
Quick Navigation Top Misc
Bookmarks
Digg.com
Digg
del.icio.us
del.icio.us
Stumbleupon.com
StumbleUpon
Google.com
Google
Facebook.com
Facebook
Posting Permissions
  1. You may not post new threads
  2. You may not post replies
  3. You may not post attachments
  4. You may not edit your posts