nix the caffeine fix

This past semester has been filled with late nights and early mornings—if I get five hours of sleep, I consider it a good night. To get through the day, I’ve been relying heavily on coffee, but I’m afraid that I’ve developed an addiction to caffeine.

Every morning, my alarm starts blaring at 5:30. I stumble out of bed and head straight to the kitchen to turn on my coffee maker. I can’t even function until I have a cup. By 7, I’m out of the house and on my way to school. On days when I’m feeling especially tired (which is most days), I grab a second cup of coffee right before class and I finally start to feel awake. But around 3 in the afternoon, my energy crashes and I need another caffeine fix. And here’s the scary part—if I don’t, then I start experiencing withdrawal symptoms. I get a pounding headache that won’t go away until I have a little caffeine.

I’ve never been like this before and it definitely scares me that I’ve become so dependent upon caffeine. I’m trying to break the habit but it’s so hard because if I don’t drink coffee, I feel so exhausted and all I want to do is crawl back into bed.

Have you ever gotten hooked on caffeine? How did you break the habit?

xoxo,
Kristen
CG! Editorial Intern