{"id":14028,"date":"2017-08-15T11:27:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T15:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/?p=14028"},"modified":"2018-06-20T14:49:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T18:49:19","slug":"caffeine-addict-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/caffeine-addict-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"I Drank A Gram Of Caffeine A Day\u2014Here’s What Happened When I Went Cold Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you know me, you know I have a ‘fever’\u2014and the only prescription is more caffeine.<\/p>\n<p>I consider myself generally healthy: I bust my tush at the gym five or six days a week, I meal prep on the weekend to keep my calories in check, and I don\u2019t booze nearly as much as I did back in the day.<\/p>\n<p>But I have this caffeine habit. People at work know me as the guy who consistently and constantly has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/c\/energy-drinks\/N-cp99lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy drink<\/a> in hand. I love getting my morning fix with a nice can of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/b\/vpx-vital-pharmaceuticals\/N-9cv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bang<\/a>. And then there\u2019s my early afternoon pick-me-up with a refreshing can of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/b\/biotest\/N-cp97ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPIKE<\/a>. <em>And then <\/em>there\u2019s some late-afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/c\/pre-workout\/N-cp99jb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pre-workout<\/a> so I can crush it in the gym. So, yeah, that\u2019s a lot of caffeine.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [rr-products] does not match the conditions -->\n<p>If you don\u2019t have your calculator out, I\u2019ll do the math for you: All of this comes out to about one gram of caffeine a day. That\u2019s like ten cups of coffee or twelve small Red Bulls. (I know, crazy.) I\u2019ve been crushing energy drinks and preworkouts for so long that I\u2019m no longer sure whether or not my \u2018always ready to rock and roll\u2019 personality is natural or caffeine-induced. All I know is I feel <em>good<\/em> all day long.<\/p>\n<p>My hardcore caffeinating started back in college because of a combination of two things: working out and late nights studying. I\u2019d knock back a preworkout before hitting the gym and grab an energy drink to help me get through all-nighters. From there, it was a slippery slope to my daily gram of caffeine.<\/p>\n<p>I never thought it would catch up with me\u2014despite what I\u2019d read online about the dangers of going caffeine crazy (like the fact that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/healthy-lifestyle\/nutrition-and-healthy-eating\/in-depth\/caffeine\/art-20045678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too much caffeine<\/a> could lead to insomnia, nervousness, and irritability, or this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/11297219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> that found that people who drank more than eight cups of coffee a day were twice as likely to commit suicide).<\/p>\n<p>After years of caffeinating heavily, though, the negative effects have started to rock me. I can count on one hand the number of nights of uninterrupted sleep I\u2019ve gotten throughout these past few years; I’m lucky if I get five decent-ish hours. At one point I even started taking sleep aids at night\u2014just so I could boost myself back up with caffeine in the morning. It was a vicious cycle.<\/p>\n<p>I remember getting home from the gym one night (after <em>crushing<\/em> a chest workout) and still feeling so wired that I actually put some liquid cherry sleep aid in my chocolate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/c\/protein-drinks\/N-cp99lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protein shake<\/a>. Chocolate-covered cherry! Great flavor, frightening idea.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, I finally realized that I was in dangerous territory. I\u2019d told a few friends about my concoction\u2014and they were not impressed with my creativity. They were worried. At first, I was put off by the \u201cBro, what are you doing?\u201d and similar comments\u2014but slowly I began to realize how unhealthy my habits had become.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/07\/caffeine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Let\u2019s Clear The Air About Caffeine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coincidently, not long after, one of my co-workers challenged me to give up caffeine cold-turkey for one whole week. I was the perfect guinea pig\u2014not only because I was loaded up on the stuff, but because I had realized that I really needed to get my act together.<\/p>\n<p>So that night I downed two cans of Bang (as a way of saying, \u201cgoodbye, caffeine!\u201d) and mentally prepared myself for my seven-day caffeine-less adventure.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The First Couple Of Days\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On day one of my caffeine-free life I woke up groggy, as per usual. After a few minutes at my desk\u2014at which point I\u2019ve usually had my morning Bang\u2014I was hit with absolute lethargy. I was just sitting there, staring blankly at my computer screen, trying to keep my eyelids from closing. If I had let my eyes close for more than a second, I would have definitely fallen asleep.<\/p>\n<p>Which is exactly what happened the following day. I closed my eyes for a second too long\u2014and opened them 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14031\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/caffeine-addict-quit\/file-aug-14-12-08-45-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?fit=2248%2C2568&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2248,2568\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 7 Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1501747487","copyright":"","focal_length":"2.87","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.05","title":"","orientation":"6"}\" data-image-title=\"File Aug 14, 12 08 45 PM\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?fit=740%2C846&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-14031 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=443%2C506&ssl=1\" alt width=\"443\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?w=2248&ssl=1 2248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=263%2C300&ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=768%2C877&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=896%2C1024&ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=272%2C311&ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=740%2C845&ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?w=1480&ssl=1 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14031\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/caffeine-addict-quit\/file-aug-14-12-08-45-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?fit=2248%2C2568&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2248,2568\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 7 Plus","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1501747487","copyright":"","focal_length":"2.87","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.05","title":"","orientation":"6"}\" data-image-title=\"File Aug 14, 12 08 45 PM\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?fit=740%2C846&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-14031 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20443%20506%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"443\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20443%20506%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 443w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?w=2248&ssl=1 2248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=263%2C300&ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=768%2C877&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=896%2C1024&ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=272%2C311&ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?resize=740%2C845&ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg?w=1480&ssl=1 1480w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-45-PM.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>By the afternoon my energy finally started to kick up, but I felt very irritable. (It probably didn\u2019t help that I had about a dozen of old energy drinks at my desk staring into my soul.) I made a pretty unhealthy (but caffeine-free!) decision, and bought a 12-pack of decaf diet soda. I flipped my energy drinks the bird\u2014and hid them from view in a drawer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/14\/why-some-people-sweat-a-lot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Why Do Some People Sweat More Than Others?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My energy level dipped down again on the 40-minute drive home from work, but I still had enough mental and physical juice left to get myself to the gym. The mental grind was <em>real<\/em>. My workouts seemed to drag on and on and I was tempted to just go through the motions of my routine and then get out of there. But I pushed myself through with a little help from a solid playlist, and I actually ended up sweating more than usual. Like, <em>dripping<\/em>. Was my body struggling that much more to get me through my usual routine?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Crossing The Halfway Mark<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After the first few days, I didn\u2019t feel like as much of a zombie in the mornings. No more dozing off at my desk! (And good thing, because sleeping at your desk is probably a fire-able offence.)<\/p>\n<p>My newfound A.M. energy was probably a result of the AMAZING sleep I was getting. As the week went on, I continued to crash <em>hard<\/em> when I got home from the gym. I didn\u2019t need a single sleep aid. Instead of waking up and staring at the ceiling at around 2:00 a.m., I was out cold the entire night. I\u2019m talking seven hours of uninterrupted sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Around mid-week, my workouts also began to pick up. My focus and intensity were back at (or at least close to) the level I was used to. And I still sweat buckets.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I really wasn’t anticipating when I kicked the caffeine: I started craving fast food and ice cream. (Not that I don\u2019t always want both of these things, but these cravings were <em>wicked<\/em>.) I almost hit the drive-thru for a burger with<em> three patties and cheese, please<\/em>, a few times. So I turned to my other bubbly beverage or sucked on a sour mint to distract myself. I started to wonder if I just really loved the flavor of my energy drinks. Perhaps I just craved something yummy, like my favorite blue razz or cotton candy drinks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>I Survived!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I thought I\u2019d be in bad shape by the end of the week, but I never really craved caffeine itself as much as I thought I would. The withdrawal headache I had mentally prepared for never actually came and I certainly wasn\u2019t mad about it!<\/p>\n<p>The last few day, my weird food cravings faded. And knowing the finish line was close, I started to feel pretty dang proud of myself. I would definitely finish this experiment stronger than when I began. My productivity at work and intensity in the gym slowly shifted back to normal. I didn\u2019t want to nap before lunch. I wasn\u2019t tempted to half-a** a workout. I felt like my usual self\u2014just without the caffeine.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/caffeine-addict-quit\/file-aug-14-12-08-24-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?fit=1440%2C955&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,955\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"File Aug 14, 12 08 24 PM\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?fit=740%2C491&ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-14032 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=635%2C421&ssl=1\" alt width=\"635\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?w=1440&ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=768%2C509&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=1024%2C679&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=272%2C180&ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=740%2C491&ssl=1 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14032\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/caffeine-addict-quit\/file-aug-14-12-08-24-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?fit=1440%2C955&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,955\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"File Aug 14, 12 08 24 PM\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?fit=740%2C491&ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-14032 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20635%20421%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"635\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20635%20421%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?w=1440&ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=768%2C509&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=1024%2C679&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=272%2C180&ssl=1 272w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg?resize=740%2C491&ssl=1 740w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/File-Aug-14-12-08-24-PM.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>Since finishing my little caffeine-free experiment, I\u2019ve kept my total intake at about 350 milligrams a day. Occasionally I\u2019ll get up to 500 milligrams, but I haven\u2019t come close to the full gram I used to down. As I started to suspect during my caffeine-free week, I think I crave bubbles more than caffeine itself.<\/p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t even considered taking a sleep aid since my cold-turkey week, and it feels great to actually wake up well-rested.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll completely cut out caffeine any time soon (I just love that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/p\/bang-cotton-candy-12-drinks\/vz-2024\">cotton candy Bang<\/a> too much), but now I know I <em>can<\/em> do it\u2014and that feels pretty damn good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you know me, you know I have a ‘fever’\u2014and the only prescription is more caffeine. 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