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How to painlessly kick a caffeine addiction in 5 days

It’s all about habit change and refueling the brain

John Fawkes
Better Humans
7 min readNov 27, 2017

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Caffeine is amazing. It wakes you up, gives you energy for workouts, helps you party all night, and even lets you make it through hours and hours of meetings about your company’s new logo. It’s truly hard to imagine modern society without caffeine.

Caffeine addiction, on the other hand, is hell. You’re fatigued every day and unable to sleep every night. You can’t focus, you can’t enjoy yourself — hell, you can barely even get out of bed.

I struggled with caffeine addiction for over a decade before I found a method that many people have used to kick their addictions in under a week. Crucially, this method allows you to avoid most or all of the usual withdrawal symptoms from quitting caffeine.

Once you’ve kicked your caffeine addiction, you can either stay clear of caffeine for good, or — my preference — keep consuming it in moderation, with occasional tolerance breaks, so that you can enjoy the benefits of caffeine without suffering the downsides. Interested? Read on.

1. Fix your brain’s dopamine deficiency

First, a short lesson on how caffeine causes dependency. Its main effects are exerted by antagonizing (i.e…

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John Fawkes
John Fawkes

Written by John Fawkes

Los Angeles-based freelance writer, photographer and marketing consultant. https://johnfawkes.substack.com/

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