Miracles Can Happen Any Time!
Those of you who are reading my blogs know, that I quit coffee five weeks ago. I had my reasons to do it and I'm not regretting it, not even for a second!
This week we had to take a trip to Hungary to attend a funeral. It was a long drive, more than 700 km to the destination, and another 700 km home, plus some km we made while we were there.
Those of you who know little or nothing about Romania might say that's nothing. Well, driving in Romania is a big deal, due to lack of highways. Roads are curvy, bumpy and you get into roadblocks and restrictions all the time, not to mention the traffic jams due to trucks and not only.
Anyway, what I want to say is that I've been carsick for almost twenty years now. I was afraid of this trip, packed three airplane bags just in case (although I've never used one till now).
Long story short, I was not carsick, not even for one minute!!! I could hardly believe it! At first I thought it was because I left with empty stomach but then later on I had to realize it's because I don't drink coffee any more. Unbelievable! Coffee was making me sick all these years!
The ultimate test was the cab on our way home. It's known that cab or taxi drivers are the worst drivers. I said to myself if I'm not going to be sick in the cab, than I'm not going to be carsick any more! The cab driver was driving like crazy and I was perfectly fine! Can you believe it? I could hardly!!!
I know no one is going to believe me, but I'm done with coffee, I'm not going to drink coffee, never ever again!!! I'm not going to harm myself with it!
I'm happy I had the strength to quit five weeks ago and now I see the results, I'm satisfied!
I'm writing this not because I want you to congratulate me, but because it could be helpful for others.
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I quit coffee about 2 weeks ago,I had some inflammation issues and I think it was making them worse. I'm starting to feel much better, although I do miss the energy boosts it can give sometimes lol But I found caffeine pills that I take now. And they actually work better than coffee! The energy lasts longer and there's no real "crash" after they wear off, because they wear off more slowly.
I'm really glad to hear you have quit coffee too! I do miss the boost but have decided not to use anything, no caffeine tablets, no energy drinks, no nothing. I have to get used to living without any boost :)
So pleased to know that not having coffee for 5 weeks has definitely made a difference to your well being. Just wondering @erikah ~ Did you used to have sugar in your coffee?
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Thank you @allyinspirit! To answer your question, I did use some sugar in my coffee but not much, I've been reducing the quantity gradually and ended up using very little.
So good to hear. Sugar is just as vindictive and addictive as coffee. It only takes a relatively short time to go without to start to see quite a difference in how you feel ~ How you sleep and how you wake up in the morning. Just saw this really good article today: Two Foods That May Sabotage Your Brain but I feel sugar would easily make a third one.🦋
Thank you for letting me know, I really appreciate it.
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Thank you! This is really helpful. I have to find a way to improve my skills.
Wow...I would never have thought of a correlation between the two things...! Anyway, this is a great achievment for you and I'm happy you feel so satisfied with the result and with yourself, this is great :! ^_^
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It's strange but there is no other explanation, coffee is the only think that I can think of.
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I think that is a very phenomenal result of quitting drinking coffee. I'm sure this could be helpful to others!
I agree, it is indeed phenomenal! Thank you for reading my article!
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I don’t think I’m quite ready to quit coffee, should I?
I drink about 3 a day with no sugar.
That's totally your decision. I used to drink very strong espresso and used to treat everything with coffee. Headaches, fatigue, sleepiness, everything, although I became tolerant to caffeine and had no effect at all.
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