"I'd stop drinking coffee, but I'm no quitter." ~Anonymous
After three months I'm back to drinking the brew... the café ... the ink ... the java ... the joe ... the mud ... the perk ... the varnish remover. Can you tell?
I thought it was time to take a break from the stuff, so I did. I heard it's a big deal giving up coffee, but I just didn't see it that way at all.
Honestly, I barely noticed a difference. Well, except for the 3 day non-stop headache right after... but other than that, no difference whatsoever.
Or maybe me hitting the snooze button more than once or twice, sometimes three times in the morning once I realized there was no coffee waiting to be made. It was perfect, I got caught up on some needed sleep.
During my three month coffee hiatus I enjoyed drinking tons of healthy green tea. Everyone knows green tea is good for you, right? Well, minus the 6 pounds I lost because of it. (Note to self: too much green tea can curb one's appetite.)
Like I said earlier, quitting coffee was a breeze. After a few weeks I hardly remember I drank the stuff... it was really no big deal.
That was until I came in contact with the coffee drinkers. There seemed to be so many of them around these days... touting their warm cup of dark love in a mug... (ahem) anyway, I just had to stay clear of them. Simple.
I was quite successful. Until recently... as I did my errands, lo and behold, my bank office was offering free courtesy coffee. When did this start?! Fine. I decided to use the ATM instead.
Next stop. As I dropped off my TV cable box, what did they have brewing while I waited in line? You guessed it. No problem. I held my breath. It comes easy when you're a mouth breather.
So on to my last stop. Picking up some fresh bread from the supermarket bakery for dinner... and guess what? They had courtesy coffee right by the donuts! Huh? Call me crazy, but aren't you suppose to buy coffee at a supermarket?
OK, I thought that last one was just weird! And why all the free coffee all of a sudden? It was like I was in the movie The Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the pods were the coffee...
Curse you, coffee drinkers!
Like I said, I lasted three months. Had my first cup of coffee during lunch... thanks to Sweetbay.
Just so you know, I CAN stop whenever I want to. I did it once, I can do it again.... I can!
I am very proud of you, JoAnna. It's not easy at all giving up something you do almost unconsciously, like drinking coffee (I don't drink it, never have but, I sure have things I would find difficult stopping for a day let alone 3 months!)I suppose it gets easier with time but with all those constant reminders it was probably a lot harder for you. I hear it takes 17 days to start a habit, whether good or bad. I didn't know the hint about the green tea and losing weight. I will have to reconsider only buying it once in awhile.
ReplyDeleteI never drank coffee until we started the church three years ago, lol.
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