My Relationship with Caffeine

Over my lifetime I have jumped on and off the caffeine wagon. As a child my mom never let me have soda, and it wasn't until high school that I became addicted.  It was so readily available in the drink machines in the courtyard at Buchholz High School.  It always gave me that jolt of energy to get through my afternoon which included classes, 2 hours of cheerleading practice and about a 2 mile + run when I got home.
I experience withdraw when I try to stop it.  And withdraw for me is severe migraines. Terrible terrible migraines. So my only chance to ever quit it was when I was sick.  Thanks to my once annual sinus infections, I was able to use how terrible I felt to hide the withdraw symptoms from caffeine. I would do good for a few months.  Then I would just crave one and think "Just one can't hurt."  Then I was done.  Back on that caffeine wagon. Evil!

A few years ago I decided that I needed to cut some calories out of my diet so I opted for Diet Pepsi. I always thought diet sodas were disgusting.  I loved the tasty syrupy flavor of regular sodas. It took a while to adjust, now it's the opposite regular soda tastes disgusting.

I feel I may never truly beat caffeine, but I can at least use it in moderation. I have limited myself to one can a day, and drink water for the rest of the day. Maybe I will get to a point where I won't need that sweet refreshing thirst quenching morning caffeine shot.  That would be nice.  

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