[phkahler]

Many years ago I noticed that my cafine intake naturally dropped during Christmas vacation. So I made a conscious effort to stop drinking it one year. It was easy. I've been on and off cafine several times since then. I'm currently at the point where I'll have headaches for a couple days if I quit cold turkey. Trying to get that down to where it's completely optional.

Addiction is weird. There is no shame in setting a limit at zero. It works.

On a related note, at one point I found myself stopping for a drink after therapy (when I tried that, what an adventure). Then I realized I was starting to drink to supress emotions that were starting to surface from therapy. Had to limit that to deal with stuff. Brains are weird, do what you must to optimize yours. Just remember that escape or avoidance is a copout.