http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/ Self Development Blog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Ricky Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:15:30 +0000 http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/#comment-659 That is truly an inspiring story! :-) I applaud you for your courage to give up your job. You really turned your life around! You're right, sometimes you just have to go cold turkey. You feel the withdrawal symptoms for a few days to weeks but after that it gets much better and easier. Thanks for sharing your story. That is truly an inspiring story! I applaud you for your courage to give up your job. You really turned your life around! You’re right, sometimes you just have to go cold turkey. You feel the withdrawal symptoms for a few days to weeks but after that it gets much better and easier.
Thanks for sharing your story.

]]> http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/comment-page-1/#comment-658 C.bro Sun, 31 May 2009 02:24:11 +0000 http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/#comment-658 I had to give up coffee. I was surrounded by it and I drank about 2L a day. My job was to roast coffee. Toward the end I found that even though the morning bowlful made me feel relaxed I'd suddenly get a surge of intense anger after finishing it. It was like 2000V going through 200V system. Fury for no reason what so ever. Neck vein, heart pumping, body shaking stuff. There was no denying what had to be done. Didn't want to live like that. Had to go cold turkey. Quit my job. Lost my social life. But felt better. In fact I felt so good I went through my whole diet and trimmed out everything I knew wasn't good for my body - even if it could "tolerate" it. Then after the coffee went, so did the alcohol and the added sugar and the cigarettes. Now I feel fantastic. My mindset brightened. Social opportunites changed dramatically. Now they are always related to doing something constructive rather than idle socialising for the sake of it. Imagine spending a day in town and not being able to drink coffee, drink alcohol or eat sugary snacks? What do you do all day? You get focused on a purpose. And you do it. No more sitcom slacking. No more fashionable but pointless meets. It's a slippery slope trimming social drugs out of your life. You may end up changing it for the better. I had to give up coffee. I was surrounded by it and I drank about 2L a day. My job was to roast coffee. Toward the end I found that even though the morning bowlful made me feel relaxed I’d suddenly get a surge of intense anger after finishing it. It was like 2000V going through 200V system. Fury for no reason what so ever. Neck vein, heart pumping, body shaking stuff. There was no denying what had to be done. Didn’t want to live like that. Had to go cold turkey. Quit my job. Lost my social life. But felt better. In fact I felt so good I went through my whole diet and trimmed out everything I knew wasn’t good for my body – even if it could “tolerate” it. Then after the coffee went, so did the alcohol and the added sugar and the cigarettes. Now I feel fantastic. My mindset brightened. Social opportunites changed dramatically. Now they are always related to doing something constructive rather than idle socialising for the sake of it. Imagine spending a day in town and not being able to drink coffee, drink alcohol or eat sugary snacks? What do you do all day? You get focused on a purpose. And you do it. No more sitcom slacking. No more fashionable but pointless meets. It’s a slippery slope trimming social drugs out of your life. You may end up changing it for the better.

]]> http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Ricky Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:01:23 +0000 http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/#comment-81 Especially if you say it with conviction. Or keep saying it until you feel the conviction :-) Especially if you say it with conviction. Or keep saying it until you feel the conviction

]]> http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Terry Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:51:30 +0000 http://www.kensray.com/2008/06/give-up-caffeine/#comment-80 That's really cool actually. Saying things aloud makes it more ingrained in the mind. That’s really cool actually. Saying things aloud makes it more ingrained in the mind.

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