Ask Lemmy

I've quit everything besides coffee. Once went three months without it, and it definitely wasn't worth quitting for me.

Clean all my life but I've been thinking

Sober 6 months. It’s better

Just drink less coffee and alcohol then?

You can try barley/chicory coffee for the habit.

i drink a cup of coffee about 4 to 5 days a week. Don't smoke or drink and never have.

I'd like to try LSD one day.

or flash and no substance.

I've got a friend who was drinking 3 shots of coffee a day just to not melt from exhaustion, if not more. He decided to stop completely, sleept horibly for a week then he was great. Now one cup of coffee gets him really eletric.

I've been almost a year without drinking considerable quantities of alcohol and it feels pretty good. In fact now I dislike drinking. Recently I drank half a shot of vodka and almost threw up.

I'd think it's not about going to 0 coffee and staying like that, but about building a better relation to it. Like medicine. Take it when you need it, don't overdo it.

I did that once, and I discovered that I had been effectively self medicating, and I had my doses pretty much figured out.

Now I try to stay on my substances, and I take care to treat them with respect - neither over or under using them.

I'm not, only because I think sugar is one hell of a substance

I never had any not because I wouldn't but because it's ridiculously expensive to me.

Never smoked either.

I drink on occasions only.

I don't think I could make it through the day without oxygen.

I have, in fact, been told I am a man of very little substance.

Why go caffeine free?

I sadly figure the oil companies will make us all go caffeine free in the medium to long term, so may as well enjoy it now before it becomes a luxury of the wealthy.

Alcohol, cannabis, and methamphetamine free since '95. Nicotine free since '03. Caffeine free since '15.

Now if I could kick sugar.

nicotine free since 2016, cocaine free since 2019. But I'll keep my coffee.

One thing that helped me quit coffee was drinking tea. I know it's still got caffeine, but if you're drinking 4 or 5 cups a day that brings the amount of caffeine waaaay down.

I don't take anything (other than supplements, meds), still I could be eating healthier.

Nicotine, Valium, Vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy, and alcohol. Co-co-co-co-co-cocaine.

Definitely not 100%

I am 100% free. Not even alcool or coffee bro. I used to drink a lot of energy drinks and coffee but they almost killed me so I stopped and removed everything containing relevant amounts of caffeine (including coke) and similar thing such as non decaffeinated tea

The nukes are about to fly bro, just enjoy life.

I am. I grew up around drug and alcohol addiction. Tried it. Hated it. Decided none of this was for me. Drugs is easy. Everybody in my house usually scampers away like roaches to do drugs. Alcohol is very much a family thing. Can't watch a game without someone screaming shots or drink. I usually end up hiding in my room.

Coffee makes me nauseous and I'm not trying to feel like I need to shit before I got something to do. Plus the crash is way worse than the energy its supposedly supposed to give me.

I drink tea, but not like a "coffee drinker" drinks coffee, nor how the average American drinks soda.

The caffeine doesn't feel noticeable to me, but I am still mindful of drinking it right before bed.

I just like my oolong sessions.

I was going to ask if you meant right now, or in general, but if coffee is included, I'm out either way.

I'm as vapid as can be

what do you consider "substance free"?

I drink alcohol and caffeine both less frequently than once a week, but I do consume both occasionally (usually for fun, or socially).

I‘m not drinking alcohol. Once or twice a month I do LSD, 2C-B, magic mushrooms, GHB, ketamine. Psychedelics and ketamine help reset, defragment, and refocus my mind. GHB is for relaxed and passionate sex.

I stopped cannabis two weeks ago and still feel a yearning to use it. It makes me lethargic, worse sleep, mental fog. CBD helps quench the desire to use.

Elvanse (lisdexamphetamine) daily as prescribed. Stopped all other amphetamines two years ago.

Started drinking coffee every other morning recently. It is nice, but I don’t want it to become a habit long term. Stopping caffeine has worked for me in the past without much effort.

No nicotine.