Yes, it's true. You read the title and now you know that I spent an entire month without drinking coffee and I survived!
It was the longest month of my life.
Okay I'm kidding (well... not really), but it was hard.
Let's back track a second.
Hi, I'm Sofia and I was addicted to coffee.
*Hi Sofia*
I mean, I even wrote an article about it. The funny thing is that I wrote I wasn't really addicted to it.
Well... fast forward a couple of months and... at the beginning of January, I started to notice that my love for coffee was getting out of hand.
It was the longest month of my life.
Okay I'm kidding (well... not really), but it was hard.
Let's back track a second.
Hi, I'm Sofia and I was addicted to coffee.
*Hi Sofia*
I mean, I even wrote an article about it. The funny thing is that I wrote I wasn't really addicted to it.
Well... fast forward a couple of months and... at the beginning of January, I started to notice that my love for coffee was getting out of hand.
So, I decided to do a crazy thing: spending one month straight without drinking a single drop of coffee. So on January 11th 2021 I stopped drinking it.
I thankfully survived this journey, but the beginning was rough, not gonna lie.
It was then, in those first three days, that I understood exactly how coffee had been taking a tool on me. I felt its absence and resisting the urge to pour me a cup was incredibly difficult. I also felt very tired.
After a bit I finally broke free from the mind control and I became more stabile.
Instead of drinking a cup of coffee after lunch to have the energy to study, I began taking a 10-minute nap and it had pretty much the same effect, except that I wasn't feeling terribly anxious (I'm a pretty anxious person in general, but coffee made it worse).
I also discovered the wonders of tea (the decaf kind) and of water. I drank lots of water.
I thankfully survived this journey, but the beginning was rough, not gonna lie.
It was then, in those first three days, that I understood exactly how coffee had been taking a tool on me. I felt its absence and resisting the urge to pour me a cup was incredibly difficult. I also felt very tired.
After a bit I finally broke free from the mind control and I became more stabile.
Instead of drinking a cup of coffee after lunch to have the energy to study, I began taking a 10-minute nap and it had pretty much the same effect, except that I wasn't feeling terribly anxious (I'm a pretty anxious person in general, but coffee made it worse).
I also discovered the wonders of tea (the decaf kind) and of water. I drank lots of water.
Now, after the end of this crazy month, I started drinking coffee again. Buuut, I won't let myself get to such a low point in my relationship with coffee again. Moderation, that's the key word.
Plus, I don't feel like I always NEED to drink coffee, because I actually don't.
But do I want it? Yes. Sometimes.
Plus, I don't feel like I always NEED to drink coffee, because I actually don't.
But do I want it? Yes. Sometimes.