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<blockquote data-quote="Aizen" data-source="post: 1274988" data-attributes="member: 14463"><p>Any substance that causes a physical dependancy should be avoided en masse. Full stop.</p><p></p><p>Why does one need caffeine anyway? I feel like some people have been consuming it for so long (I was once one of these people), that they just assume that it's a necessary and permanent fixture in their life. The social acceptance and gatherings over "a cuppa" makes it hard to cut it out as well. It's like alcohol, but even less stigmatized - think "coffee culture."</p><p></p><p>But really, think about it for a second: Why do you need to drink something in the mornings to "wake up"? Isn't that what... <em>waking up</em> is for? Once you open your eyes in the morning, you should be awake and feel refreshed. If you don't, one or more of the following conditions is very likely true.</p><p></p><p>1. You don't go to sleep at (approximately) the same time every night, which means your natural circadian rhythm is out of whack.</p><p>2. You've been consuming psychoactive substances such as alcohol/caffeine throughout the day, which can really mess up your sleep quality.</p><p>3. You're not in peak physical condition (diet, physique), which makes you feel like shit in the mornings, and in general as well.</p><p>4. Or you're just not getting enough sleep - most people need 7-9 hrs, but get a bit less every night. Prior to common belief, sleep cannot be "caught up" on.</p><p></p><p>Due to one or several the aforementioned reasons, most people wake up feeling like their brain is fried to a crisp, and in an effort to relieve themselves of this self-inflected injury, they swamp to the easiest and quickest way out of their mental anguish: a drinkable stimulant. And it causes a negative cycle, with more caffeine consumption leading to poorer sleep, leading to more caffeine consumption... (see point 2). Funnily enough, that morning cup doesn't even have a positive affect on regular drinkers - they just do it so they feel <em>less</em> like shit. I can imagine this is how junkies must feel when reaching for their pipe, but at a lower order of magnitude. Just substitute a pipe for a cup o' joe and the lines start to blur.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aizen, post: 1274988, member: 14463"] Any substance that causes a physical dependancy should be avoided en masse. Full stop. Why does one need caffeine anyway? I feel like some people have been consuming it for so long (I was once one of these people), that they just assume that it's a necessary and permanent fixture in their life. The social acceptance and gatherings over "a cuppa" makes it hard to cut it out as well. It's like alcohol, but even less stigmatized - think "coffee culture." But really, think about it for a second: Why do you need to drink something in the mornings to "wake up"? Isn't that what... [i]waking up[/i] is for? Once you open your eyes in the morning, you should be awake and feel refreshed. If you don't, one or more of the following conditions is very likely true. 1. You don't go to sleep at (approximately) the same time every night, which means your natural circadian rhythm is out of whack. 2. You've been consuming psychoactive substances such as alcohol/caffeine throughout the day, which can really mess up your sleep quality. 3. You're not in peak physical condition (diet, physique), which makes you feel like shit in the mornings, and in general as well. 4. Or you're just not getting enough sleep - most people need 7-9 hrs, but get a bit less every night. Prior to common belief, sleep cannot be "caught up" on. Due to one or several the aforementioned reasons, most people wake up feeling like their brain is fried to a crisp, and in an effort to relieve themselves of this self-inflected injury, they swamp to the easiest and quickest way out of their mental anguish: a drinkable stimulant. And it causes a negative cycle, with more caffeine consumption leading to poorer sleep, leading to more caffeine consumption... (see point 2). Funnily enough, that morning cup doesn't even have a positive affect on regular drinkers - they just do it so they feel [i]less[/i] like shit. I can imagine this is how junkies must feel when reaching for their pipe, but at a lower order of magnitude. Just substitute a pipe for a cup o' joe and the lines start to blur. [/QUOTE]
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