Quitting coffee

[Jade]

Day 6 here. My sickness is mostly gone, though I did have to take a day off of work because I was too gross to serve people food. I'm yet to feel any extra energy, but I think I just have general lethargy do to long term mild depression. (speaking of things that set in at a young age...) I'm not going back, however. Haven't even craved it. Make myself a pot of green tea and I don't even usually drink more than a cup. My poor husband isn't doing well, he still feels extra dull and like he is unable to work on his book, which is giving him stress. He links stimulants to his ability to write (first it was quitting cigarettes that gave him this anxiety and now it's the coffee)

We used to also have a Dr. Pepper problem, we'd easily knock out at least a 12 pack a day between us, which we eventually cut out after we went vegan. Both the coffee and the Dr Pepper were habits of mine that my husband didn't have before we met, but he seriously became dependent on both.

As far as withdrawal, I guess I'm still blowing my nose a lot, which is making my ears pop, which is making my equilibrium a bit off and making it hard to hear. These are my biggest complaints.

I agree with you about alcohol, what you said was funny and it's a cliche, that when someone is a social drinker it's "okay", but when someone drinks alone it's not okay. Is that partly because if they are in a social situation, they in the service of offering others catalyst, even though they are avoiding it almost entirely? Just a thought. I've been with more than a couple alcoholics in my life (my husband is recovered) so it's a disease/addiction I have a lot of learn from in this life (addictions in general are a theme).