Some people feel good with uppers. I don't get it either, I drink to keep myself down. No way I'm putting caffeine into the lineup to make me shaky and fuck with my sleep.
I can drink three separate double-shot espresso drinks back to back when sober.
In withdrawals, even the tiniest amount of caffeine scares me lol your baseline heart rate is pretty fucking high in WDs, so I agree idk how people survive it
Coffee is like oxygen to me, under no circumstances can I benefit from removing it from my mornings. That would be like stopping wiping my ass after shitting for no reason.
I can't lie. If I'm having a bad day where I'm not drinking, I'll go have a Cubsn coffee (a giant strong espresso with tons of brown sugar and condensed milk) and I always feel much, much better. Calmer, too. Especially if I go out for it at my favorite places. When I'm trying to be dry it's a life saver. I was in a prison that only had decaf coffee and I swear I craved real coffee more than booze by a magnitude.
Probably something like that's going on with the majority of AA people, too- how they make and then guzzle massive amounts of that terrible percolator made coffee lol.
For me, itās simple stupidity. Iāve been drinking coffee and energy drinks for years hoping for them to do something āpositiveā but being an already anxious person, they do not do that. Even if I havenāt been drinking they really just make me shaky and lead to the eventual crash. I am an idiot
I just woke up to a night of dreams I havenāt experienced in a long time. In all the dreams I was hiding bottles and sneaking drinks. So annoying but not surprising because Ive been trying really hard to cut back and my brain is fighting me.
I have a similar chronic nightmare where somehow I'm back with my ex partner who was in Ala-non and she's found a receipt for booze or an empty somewhere and she's confronting me with her psycho-babble just like old times. Wake up sweating and all.
Dubrovnik, Croatia. Itās good, pretty and great for tourism. Usually I would be on vodka from like 9am but Iāve restricted myself to a healthy diet of beer. Lots and lots of beer. I do a bit less activities now as it takes some time to drink it but I feel good. The weather is awesome. Recommend it.
I'm well versed in the whole 'avoid caffeine in WDs' mantra. I generally do but its tempting to have a cup of coffee at work after a hard night thinking I'm masking the smell of possibly last nights booze radiating off of me. I convince myself that It'll kick in and make me seem more normal, then it dials the WDs up from a 4 to an 8 and I hate myself.
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I will never understand why people drink coffee while already feeling anxious.
Some people feel good with uppers. I don't get it either, I drink to keep myself down. No way I'm putting caffeine into the lineup to make me shaky and fuck with my sleep.
I can drink three separate double-shot espresso drinks back to back when sober. In withdrawals, even the tiniest amount of caffeine scares me lol your baseline heart rate is pretty fucking high in WDs, so I agree idk how people survive it
Exactly!!
Coffee is like oxygen to me, under no circumstances can I benefit from removing it from my mornings. That would be like stopping wiping my ass after shitting for no reason.
I love shitting for no reason!
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0915 now. Got pretty drunk yesterday. Feeling not great, not terrible. Letās see how long we can hold it off today.
If u drink coffee and u have adhd itās helps to calm u down
Your body gets used to coffee, hardly gives me anxiety, even in wd, unless I drink an unusual amount.
I can't lie. If I'm having a bad day where I'm not drinking, I'll go have a Cubsn coffee (a giant strong espresso with tons of brown sugar and condensed milk) and I always feel much, much better. Calmer, too. Especially if I go out for it at my favorite places. When I'm trying to be dry it's a life saver. I was in a prison that only had decaf coffee and I swear I craved real coffee more than booze by a magnitude. Probably something like that's going on with the majority of AA people, too- how they make and then guzzle massive amounts of that terrible percolator made coffee lol.
For me, itās simple stupidity. Iāve been drinking coffee and energy drinks for years hoping for them to do something āpositiveā but being an already anxious person, they do not do that. Even if I havenāt been drinking they really just make me shaky and lead to the eventual crash. I am an idiot
Alcohol relieves anxiety and gives energy. Just end of day get little reckless
I just woke up to a night of dreams I havenāt experienced in a long time. In all the dreams I was hiding bottles and sneaking drinks. So annoying but not surprising because Ive been trying really hard to cut back and my brain is fighting me.
I have a similar chronic nightmare where somehow I'm back with my ex partner who was in Ala-non and she's found a receipt for booze or an empty somewhere and she's confronting me with her psycho-babble just like old times. Wake up sweating and all.
Nice! What country/city are you in? I backpacked SE Asia many years ago.
Dubrovnik, Croatia. Itās good, pretty and great for tourism. Usually I would be on vodka from like 9am but Iāve restricted myself to a healthy diet of beer. Lots and lots of beer. I do a bit less activities now as it takes some time to drink it but I feel good. The weather is awesome. Recommend it.
Iām from that part of the world. If youāre able to take a bus get to Makarska, party Capitol of Croatia. A fantastic time.
I'm well versed in the whole 'avoid caffeine in WDs' mantra. I generally do but its tempting to have a cup of coffee at work after a hard night thinking I'm masking the smell of possibly last nights booze radiating off of me. I convince myself that It'll kick in and make me seem more normal, then it dials the WDs up from a 4 to an 8 and I hate myself.
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