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Re:Ask HN: stopping caffeine by pbhjpbhj on Saturday October 30, 2010 @09:33AM (#1850814)
What are you replacing the drink with. Just because you're not drinking coffee don't forget you still need to take in fluids.

For me, when I've quit in the past, I tried variously ginger squash, herbal teas and just water (hot or cold).

I tend to drink more caffeine drinks when I'm bored as a break from work and because they are available.

Re:Ask HN: stopping caffeine by swah on Saturday October 30, 2010 @12:30PM (#1851178)
Yeah, I'm drinking some tea, I know that has caffeine too, but tea doesn't make me feel like "Ohhh I need some more of this!" like coffee.
Re:Ask HN: stopping caffeine by Mz on Saturday October 30, 2010 @09:39AM (#1850822)
Like alcohol, caffeine is dehydrating. So you may need less to drink if you give it up.

(My ex was career military. When he was a trainer at NTC, the part-timers would show up and drink soda all day and alcohol at night, which didn't help their bodies adjust to/cope with being 3000 feet above see level in a hot, dry climate. Lots of folks ended up in the ER for dehydration and heat exhaustion.)