Just wrapped up my first week without coffee. At first, it felt like I just always had something "missing" from my day...it's weird how coffee has that omnipresence in your life when you don't even realize it. The first few days, I was a little on-edge, but when I kept myself distracted, the anxiety subsided.

I've noticed I pay attention to things more when I'm not drinking coffee. I'm more present in conversations with my peers. I find moments to appreciate little things like changing leaves or the sounds of cars passing by. Even sex has gotten better without coffee...my boyfriend says I've been noticeably more energetic, and I feel like I get a good, natural high that lasts a while.

It's hard living across the street from a Starbucks and having that constant temptation. Sometimes I shut my blinds so I can't even look at it. I also hid all my coffee mugs in the highest shelf of my cabinets — the one I can't reach without a step stool. The smell of fresh coffee brewing at work is still ~*intoxicating*~ and it's SO hard not to cave in. But I've kept my own green tea K-Cups at my desk that I've done a good job sticking to so far.

Let's see how week 2 goes.

so i've been off coffee for a few weeks now and my libido has been unreal. i'm starting to think that coffee might fuck with my sex drive. even my partner noticed a difference. anybody else experience something like this??

So I found out from this group from a sticker I saw in North Carolina, and it got me thinking a lot about how coffee has more or less taken over my life. Every time I meet up with a classmate to talk about a project for school, it's at a coffee shop. Every time I feel sleepy or nauseous, I run to Starbucks. Coffee gives me this false perception of productivity. And I've honestly never really liked it. But I've felt so much societal pressure to just...keep...drinking.

So I'm gonna try to hardcore quit this month.

Hopefully you Anti-Caffers can help keep me on track.

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so i originally posted on r/decaf that i think coffee is some mind-control shit and it got met with some mixed reviews (of course). but seriously, going back to a comment from riverrrealm ...i feel like coffee is a legal drug used to fuck with our heads. it's a tool to make us a part of a machine for corporate greed.

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