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Unfor­give­ably, per­haps, I have decided that I would be a superb drug addict. I am fas­cin­ated by the path that sub­stances take through my blood­stream, and the effects of them enter­ing my nervous sys­tem, my brain, my mind.

How did this hap­pen? When was I con­sumed by these responses? I can sense, deeply sense, the unbreak­able chain of chem­ical reac­tions spread­ing, shud­der­ing, ebbing through me.

All this because of drink­ing a cup of cof­fee after four and a half days starved of caffeine.

Comments: 3

    If you have a good reason to get off the caf­feine, you need to stick cold tur­key for about a week before it feels any bet­ter. The with­drawal symp­toms are not to be under­es­tim­ated; some people are fine, maybe slightly leth­ar­gic, whereas some have migraine level head­aches, shivers and all sorts from a fairly low intake.

    A far bet­ter method is to come off gradu­ally. This is less suc­cess­ful with nicot­ine or alco­hol, but with caf­feine it is fairly easy to reduce by, say half a cup of cof­fee or tea every day and not feel it. So it takes twice as many days as you drink cups of cof­fee and then you’re free.

    If you do not have a good reason to do it, enjoy your coffee.

    Wel­come back to the blogosphere. :-)

    The Goldfish | 05.22.06, 10:49

    all bloggers/writers must drink lots of cof­fee and smoke lots of fags. IT’S THE LAW!!!

    andre | 05.22.06, 12:32

    Cof­fee and self-flagellation. All good for the blog­ging soul.

    K | 05.22.06, 20:17

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