Thursday, December 04, 2008

Kicking Caffeine -Day 1

I woke up this morning. That is a good sign. After 20 hours with no caffeinated beverage there was only a slight twinge of a headache so I immediately took some ibuprofen to ward this off. Interestingly enough the first thought that came into my brain upon waking up was, "I need a cup of coffee". I even saw the words in print in my mind just the way it is written above. Hmmmm....

Someone once said we don't give up bad habits, we merely replace them with new habits. Hoping to at least make it a good habit I ventured to Publix yesterday and purchased box after box of caffeine free herbal teas, as well as a few lemons and limes. I wanted to be sure I came home with at least one tea to suit my taste. I already had Emergen-C's to drink and a 20 oz water bottle filled to the brim.

Instead of my third cup of coffee at 3:00 p.m. I exercised. This got me through dinner time. Then my understanding family allowed me the luxury of taking a book to bed to spend the evening in some leisure so that I might wake up this morning in good spirits. And so I have...

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