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Cold Turkey on the Coffee

IrishGolfer

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I've been drinking too much Joe recently so decided to cut it out for a week. So Monday morning I went Cold Turkey. I'm about a 5-6 cups a day addict.

I'm on hot water instead. Discovered that piss can be another colour than golden! Been getting sore heads though, I can only imagine this is my body withdrawing. No major benefits as yet. I'll tough it out until Monday and already looking forward to my first cup.
 

MCDavis

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Substitute liquor for the coffee. Your pee color will return, headaches should go away as long as you continue to drink 5-6 a day! ;)
 

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Coffee is something I could never acquire the taste for...same with American beer.

One cup of coffee makes me piss about 30 cups of liquid, never understood how that worked...
 

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Coffee is one of the few vices I have left. Used to drink at least 2 cans of diet soda/day. Quit that cold turkey on July 4th. I have 2 cups of coffee every morning. That's it... 2 cups and I'm done until the next morning.

At my age, those two cups of coffee covert to approximaely 2 gallon of urine. Some years ago, I noticed my 500 mile bladder had slowly turned into a 100 mile bladder. Thought it was the coffee. Went from coffee to Diet Mt. Dew. As soon as I went to the Mt. Dew, the bladder seemed to go back to at least a 400 mile size. Was at one of my annual physicals and mentioned this to the Doc. He laughed and said, "Whatever works." I asked what he meant. He said it was the caffine that causes bladder issue, not how the caffine is delivered. Said I should be having no difference between coffee or Mt. Dew. Within days, I was back to a 100 mile bladder. So, I went back to coffee.

Every year of so, there are more reports of the positive health effects of coffee. I'll stay with my 2 cups/day.

I buy the darkest roast I can find. Love it black and strong. No "foo foo" flavored coffee and no cream/sugar in it.
 

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Cold turkey's not bad for leftovers or a sandwich, but on Thanksgiving Day I really prefer hot turkey with dressing and gravy!
 

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Good luck!

I was getting some severe stomach pains awhile back and started tracking my consumption history...and it was a caffeine overdose:

2-3 large cups of coffee...2-3 32 oz. diet pepsi and a chocolate milk or two...I replace pepsi with water or slice...one coffee a day and now all seems fine.
 
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Why would you go cold-turkey then just go back to drinking it? Why bother?
SUX, its a kind of self imposed detox, just trying it for a week, first few days were tough, getting headaches etc. but now feel fine. I'm looking forward to a coffee tomorrow morning but plan to cut down to 2 cups a day. I guess I was drinking to much and my body was starting to give me messages.
 

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