Coffee woes...
The cutting-down-on-caffeine thing (because brews don’t come regularly on the boat, and my addiction was causing me problems) is going quite well – I’m sleeping better, for one thing. However my two mugs of coffee at breakfast (and if you’re going to drink coffee, you might as well make it strong enough to taste or what’s the point?) are now making me sweat and shake, so sadly I guess I’m going to have to cut down on them too :(
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I do enough better with no caffeine and no alcohol in my system, re: sleep patterns and such, that I'd be tempted to teetotal on both... were it not for their markéd positive effects on my mental stability during highly stressful times.
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(Luckily, as I don't drink during the week at all, only at weekends, I don't have a dependency problem with the alcohol, so a dry boat isn't a problem... I think we might all get blisteringly drunk at the end of the race, though... *g*)
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The other interesting thing, of course, is what's a physical need and what's psychological habit - after being out on Sunday morning, I got home and really, really wanted a cup of tea after my lunch - but I've not been wanting a lunchtime cup when I've been at work, so that was definitely a habit thing.
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I did that a few years ago and it backfired. I went cold turkey for a few weeks, intending to go back to more moderate consumption and I haven't been able to tolerate more than trace amounts of caffeine ever since. For example, a piece of chocolate is fine, but I can't drink even a few sips of tea without feeling really ill. (decaf tea I can drink, but that is like kissing through a screen door - fairly pointless) I've been collecting teas from all over the world since I was a teenager, so this was a blow! And the irony is that it was over-consumption of cola that prompted me to cut back, precisely so that I wouldn't be forced to give up tea. Alas. *g*
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