Day 53 of Detox

Now that I have (mostly) detoxed myself from caffeine (I am down to two cups of high test coffee a day from a high of about six), I can’t but help notice, wherever I go, the scores of my fellow addicts (once a caffeine-aholic, always a caffeine-aholic) sucking down our mutual drug of choice.

Whether it’s a pricy Starbucks brew or a fancy sounding knock-off or just some swill from an Exxon convenience store, it's like we've all become super-sized Olsen twins, frantically multi-tasking while clutching our two lifelines: 1) the cell phone and 2) the takeout container of coffee. And capping off that cuppa coffee? A white plastic top from which a teeny little slit is cut out – the better to take a slug on the go ('cause who has time to take off a top for a sip?).

Just curious: Has anyone else noticed that a cup of joe-to-go is just a grown up version of a toddler’s sippy cup? Or, for that matter, that the bottles of water we chug from when we're not mainlining our liquid crack are just great big “ba-ba’s”? Then again, maybe the lack of caffeine is just rearranging my brain cells.

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I must admit, as an American who has been living in Europe for the past decade, it is hard not to notice that people back home (on our once or twice yearly trips home) are constantly drinking or eating. Like, ALL the time! In public, at home, wherever, there is always some huge cup or glass of liquid nearby, if not a full fledged snack. When the liquid of choice is not calorie free water, it is not hard to believe why we are so super sized - we constantly have something in our mouths!!!!

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Good for you for cutting down on your "liquid crack." I am currently going through a major detox and am finding it less than thrilling. I was able to get completely off caffeine -- but I do miss the taste, the aroma, the ritual buzz. Hhhmph...well, I've got 8 more days of detox to go (eating veggies, brown rice and fish only). Wish me luck.

Just detoxed from coffee & completed a liver cleanse. The first 2 weeks were horrible...headaches & neck tension. Now I feel sooo much better & I am not so panicky all the time. I am drinking Teeccino herbal no-caffeine & it's pretty good once you get used to it; plus it is healthy.

¿What´s wrong with the coffee?
I´ve always being drinking lots of coffee all the days of my life..., but also nothing happened to me during periods without coffee, except just thinking: "It would be so nice to have a coffee now..." and that´s all. And coffee isn´t bad at all.

Well, the latest news THIS week about coffee is that it is actually good for you! And it's like the gift that keeps giving..you can even re-use your old grinds as compost in your garden.

I say that everything is good in moderation and I don't mind admitting that I feel much better and act less grouchy after a couple of cups of coffee first thing in the morning.

My husband agrees!

Ok, Nicole-fan. I was gullible enough to look up the movie thinking it was relevant to sucking down enormous amounts of whatever. (I mean the name is 'Double Down'.) :sigh:

Anyway, though I should have known better when you used the word 'mystical', you have just insured that I will NOT see this movie. Tacky and sleezy.

Well, I have to agree with Rebecca. Being originally from Russia myself, coming to America was the first time when I actually had to start thinking of how NOT to get too many calories. And in many countries constant eating-drinking is considered disrespectful; there are designated times and appropriate situations, swallowing something on-the-go simply looks nasty. And people in those other countries are just as busy as Americans are, often even more, so "no time to sit down and eat" is not an excuse.

Laurie, I agree, cell phones and sippy cups are an adults version of the wubby. A security blanket connecting us to our home and the things we can control. Also as a caffine junky myself, I can attest to the fact that 2 cups from 6 must have caused some major withdrawl symptoms. I went from between 3 or 4 to 1 cup and am still noticing the effects.

while I do agree its an "american" thing,and we do have a caffiene addiction as a nation, every country has a culture...French eat the parts of an animal that are so gross I wont even go there, Irish..ditto with the animal only they wash it down with copious amounts of beer. I dont know but a non-fat latte sounds better than some haggis and kidney liver pie!!

then again I live in the seattle area
and coffee is a bit like a religion here...long live latte land