How I decaffeinated -- twice (Score 1)

Hi. I'm John, and I'm a caffeine addict.

But I have almost completely decaf'edm twice. Here's how I did it:

1. You do it on a vacation of 1 to 2 weeks. Why? Because your habits are so uprooted that you are more amenable to big changes.

2. During vacation, you go on caffeine maintenance -- one or two cokes, or whatever it is that is the lowest amount you can tolerate.

3. At the end of vacation, you go cold turkey. This is the hardest part, but if you're lucky, your body will have adjusted for the big decrease in dosage.

In the final phase, I was tired for 3 weeks.

Now I feel great and unburdened.

I stayed off for some three years, then relapsed.

In Dec. 2008 I decaf'd again, with some slippage. I've had three or four cups of coffee since (along with the trace amount in decaf coffee).