Giving Up Coffee… and My Will to Live
For most of my adult life I’ve started my mornings off with a cup of coffee, or as my friend John puts it, “the nectar of the Gods, the I’m so hung over thank all that is holy, the one last legal drugs left that doesn’t hold a mandatory 25 year sentence.”
It’s become a part of my routine.
It jump starts my day.
So believe me when I say, it pains me GREATLY to part with it!
As I’ve mentioned, I have stared a nutrition plan to help with my Endometriosis. Honestly I feel healthier in all aspects except my pain level, which is currently through the roof. I flat out don’t get it. Frankly, it has been incredibly frustrating to say the least.
There are two items on the “to avoid” list that up until Sunday (night) I have not been willing to part with: coffee and alcohol. I’ve been cutting back, but I haven’t completely nixed them from my diet. But after spending way too much time popping Ibuprofen every 4-6 hours and running up the electrical bill from my heating pad (which is on most of the time I am home); I’ve decided it’s time to cut my coffee addiction cord…*sigh*… and remove the majority of alcoholic beverages from my life as well.
My hope is this is not forever. My hope is this is a temporary freeze… just until I can get my pain level back under control again.
People I am GIVING UP COFFEE.
I can’t believe I’ve been reduced to this. Anyone want my ovaries? I’ve about had it with them.
Blogfully yours,
Summer
I am trying so hard to cut caffeine from my diet, but my employer is making it hard. They frown on me sleeping under my desk.
Hope yours is more understanding.
I never was a coffee drinker, so I don’t understand that cord that tethers you to it. But, I was a caffeine drinker for many years. And last November, I cut it out of my system. If you can believe it, I’m sleeping better and actually feel more awake as a result (thus, cutting the need for caffeine). Hopefully, this departure will lead to brighter times for you, too.
I’m with you in spirit, Summer…I’ve developed some kind of weird allergy to coffee! Just one cup and I feel sick. You and I can do this together!
I feel ya George. I am trying to give up alcohol, smoking, and caffeine. I am actually feeling pretty angry about the whole thing about now.
My wife cannot have coffee either. She has switched to dandelion coffee substitute. We buy it from Holland & Berrett in the UK, but this is in the US: http://www.dandyblend.com