[hesdeadjim]

Exactly my experience. I have a big cup of cold brew in the morning and nothing the rest of the day. When my head hits the pillow at night I’m out and sleep without any interruption.

There was a point a long time ago where I wasn’t under control, and in an effort to rein it in I quit for two months. It was awful. I struggled to concentrate and felt no real benefit from being “clean”.

I decided to set limits and started up again. That blast of caffeine in the morning is all it takes to set my brain on the right path the rest of the day. My theory is that people who end up struggling with caffeine, do so because they equate more caffeine with being even more productive. If you treat it like you would a (enjoyable) medicine, you can have the best of all worlds.

[woleium]

I did the same, but then transitioned to 10 mins of vigorous exercise instead in the morning. I found that getting my heart rate up was a better stimulus

[op00to]

10 minutes of rowing is an excellent replacement for coffee for me, having quit coffee due to hypertension.

[bookofjoe]

James Bond spent 5 minutes under a needle-sharp cold water shower before breakfast.

[karlzt]

Pavel Durov (Telegram's CEO) does something similar but in a bathtub filled with 0 degrees water with ice added in it too.

[FooBarBizBazz]

Yeah, I do love me some coffee, but it's amazing what just a couple push-ups will do. All of a sudden you have blood flow in the upper part of your body and you just feel "ready to go".