[wonkaWonka]

I have quit and resumed coffee many times over the past decade, and abstained from caffeine during breaks for a month or more.

Migraines are a thing. Lasting up to a full day, but rarely longer.

Beyond that, quitting caffeine is unremarkable. The worst part about it, is trying to find other low calorie beverages that aren't water, and have no aspartame or sacharine, since I find all artificial sweeteners (including the new-school "natural" variety) as disgusting contaminants.

Getting back on coffee after a break is fun. Caffeine is always better after a tolerance break.

Tolerance, after which caffeine becomes the new, ineffective normal, creeps in at month number 2 or 3 of constant use. I've dosed on uninterrupted supplies off caffeine for blocks as long as 18 months. A solid gram of caffeine a day is probably not the best thing, but not debilitating or deleterious as far as I can tell.

I try to not drink caffeine, when incensed as a crutch for obligations at work. Then we're talking dependence and prostitution, of a sort, know what I mean?

[proactivesvcs]

I moved to fruit/herbal teas. Strawberry & raspberry, blueberry & spiced apple and camomile & honey are my favourite. I've gotten in the habit of keeping a stock of naval oranges for the fruit teas - halve the orange, put a big slice in the mug, and quarter the rest. Nice way to increase fresh fruit intake and it makes a really nice drink.

[buckhx]

If you haven't already, try giving seltzer water a try. We go through cases of it in my office as a non caloric/caffeinated beverage.

[wonkaWonka]

In side-by-side taste tests, and even when seltzer is free, I almost always choose water, and usually leave containers of seltzer unfinished, and sometimes wait until they go flat before finishing them off if I'm feeling extraordinarily patient.