Coffee
I’ve given up coffee and coke since Friday now. So far, I’ve had no physical effect except for being able to get up in the morning feeling rather refreshed. Of course, no children have woken up at 1am during this time, and I slept the entirety of Saturday, so this feature may not be connected.
For years, I’ve known I’ve drunk too much coke, ever since I cut down on the booze and fags, I’ve had to have another vice, so I cut down to one can a day. My coffee intake seems to have risen alarmingly. At one point last week, I was getting a coffee every half an hour. I think it was only the fact that my children are so tiring that I was able to sleep at night. I’d still wake during the night; I’ve always been a light sleeper.
When my first child was born, I was working in an office with a _super-coffee_ machine. I don’t know what sort of coffee was in there except for the fact it was *strong*. During the first couple of weeks after the birth, I was naturally tired, not getting the sleep in the night that would take me through the day. My wife found it easy to sleep when the baby slept and endured. I had a cubicle, a computer screen and not much to do. So, the _super-coffee_ machine came to the rescue. By the afternoon, I’d be buzzing. By the second week, I was shaking. I stopped drinking the _super-coffee_ and stopped shaking, eventually.
Caffeine isn’t good for you, really, but it does feel nice to drink. I say there has been no physically reaction, but water is no substitute, and there is a real craving feeling setting in. I don’t trust drinking tea; slippery slope.
Maybe I can get a patch.