Overcoming Caffeine Addiction - by BowTiedOx

Take Control of Your Caffeine Consumption

Caffeine is awesome, I enjoy it and it is an extremely useful tool. The last word in that sentence is key—it’s a tool. For many people caffeine—namely coffee—is far from a tool, but something we use to either compensate for poor sleep, or because they have become dependent on the chemical. When used correctly, caffeine is a superpower. It makes you more productive, focused, and for me, much more creative (they say Sir Isaac Newton was so creative because of his MASSIVE coffee intake). The issue with coffee and caffeine in general is our body not only creates a tolerance rather quickly,…

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