I am running this post again because I am quitting diet sodas (and caffeine) as part of my Lenten reset.
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I think this advice originally came from Joanne who heard it from a coworker. I love diet soda, so I have used this method several times. I quit caffeine but then my love for diet soda calls me back and I am not diligent about buying decaffeinated soda, so my caffeine addiction returns as well.
Anyway, this method is easy. It only has two steps.
- Reduce your caffeine intake to one caffeinated drink per day, in the morning, for a week.
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No more caffeine at all once the week is up.
Even if I had let myself get up to many caffeinated drinks throughout the day, one caffeinated drink in the morning is enough to stave off a headache for the whole day. After a week of that, my caffeine dependence is so low that I can quit altogether without getting a caffeine headache.
