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by fingerlocks 1 hour ago
I’ve always been skeptical about caffeine’s alleged physical dependence. I’m a two or three cups a day consumer, but I’ve quit many times and never felt any different. This has been entirely by accident, like forgetting to pack coffee on a 2 week back packing trip, or purchasing decaf coffee by mistake, and didn’t even realize I wasn’t drinking for several days
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"I've quit many times" is a telltale sign of chronic addiction
OK, but you didn't apparently read the post you replied to, which says "by mistake, and didn’t even realize".
Caffeine’s physical dependence is well documented, you’re by definition an outlier.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-004-2000-x