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Would you be comfortable disclosing your age and profession? My father and grandfather have both quit drinking for health reasons and I am considering the same. The issue of course is there is a tremendous pressure at social events (friends, family and work) to drink. I feel like if I didn’t drink, I would be severely judged

Very late 20s. Work in accounting (non public). I would strongly consider it. Most of the people who would actually judge you are only doing so because they feel insecure about their own reasons for drinking.

 

That's very much in your head. You'll get judged if you can't not drink. The more you obsess about how drinking appears on the outside, the harder it'll be to step away. No one, in reality, gives a fuck whether you drink or not. The less you think about it, the more normal it'll feel and (following suit) the more normal it'll appear. Been sober a year and a solid mantra among sober people is "the world does not stop because you decide to stop drinking." All that changes is you (almost always for the better), nothing else. Best of luck. 

 

6:30 am : 12 oz of espresso from my Bialetti 8:30 am: 2 cups of coffee at school 1:00 pm: 1 cup 3:30 pm: 2 cups 6:30 pm : 3 cups 10:00 pm: 2 cups I usually go to bed around 2 am. If i’m with friends/doing something, i’ll drink another cup or two around 11 pm.

 
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6:30 am : 12 oz of espresso from my Bialetti ....

So an espresso is normally 1 to 1.5 oz (like a shot) 12oz is 8-12 servings of coffee. Are you sure that you're not pulling lungos? (long shots, so more water for the caffeine) If not, then you probably shake more than I do when I have the Sunday scaries.

I mean, I love my coffee, but I rarely do more than 6 a day

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

I usually have a cup around 10-10:30am and then maybe another by 2pm at the latest. Might switch that second one up for green tea every so often. Someone posted a thing here a couple years ago about how cortizol levels drop around those times so that's when I opted for it.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

I generally have about 48-60oz of coffee a day. Start in the morning with a cup after my shower, take some for the road, get a coffee on the way home, have some after dinner right up until I pass out. Then do it all over again the next day.

 

I use boiled water and powdered coffee; to me, anything beyond that is luxury. Is the taste good? You get used to it; but if you drink it for the taste, we are not on the same page.

I take two tablespoons of powdered coffee in three fourth cup of water. Start my day with this. Take another round in the noon; 4-5 hours away from the first one. I try to avoid taking another one in the evening but if I see it turning into an allnighter, it's pretty much mandatory.

To balance it out - I meditate at least 15 minutes in a day. And take up a fruit salad here or there; I would like to go on a run every morning. But that hasn't happened yet.

I get why some people may call it an addiction. I am pretty sure I can put it down if I want to; but I have to get shit done and my system will take a lot of time to reach equivalent performance levels without it. Plus, I have been following the same routine for about two years now and haven't developed resistance.

 

2018: 12 shots of espresso, a cold brew or two, a hot coffee or two. I averaged ~1,200 mg of caffeine per day. I also got into Death Wish Coffee towards the end, which I believe was ~700mg a cup or something insane like that.

Early 2019: had a medical procedure because I tore my esophagus and had ulcers from too much coffee

Rest of 2019 and beyond: 0 cups of coffee.

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb
 

Haha I read it in the appropriate voice too

All good. The human body is resilient and I feel fine now. Thankfully it was light tears and I stopped before it got more serious.

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb
 

I only drink coffee after 10am to not ponder with my cortisol production and generally not after 12am. I used to drink up to 4/5 cups in that timeframe but that makes me feel a little bad in the afternoon so I cut down to 2 cups.

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I only drink coffee after 10am to not ponder with my cortisol production and generally not after 12am. I used to drink up to 4/5 cups in that timeframe but that makes me feel a little bad in the afternoon so I cut down to 2 cups.

Could you explain this a bit more, curious about the cortisol linkage etc

 

Start out the day with 16 oz of homemade cold brew 3-6 x 100 mg of caffeine pills throughout the day until 8 pm

I love coffee, especially the cold brew foam type drinks, but I like the convenience and knowing the dosage of caffeine in caffeine pills.

Stay caffeinated and stay woke my friends!

 

Currently at range anywhere from 3 to 6

single or double Espresso in the morning perc coffee coffee mid day perc coffee in the afternoon especially if carb dense lunch

Never really drink coffee past 4pm. Anyone go from pretty regular use like the above to none at all? What were the benefts?

“The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and i am no quite sure that i know that.” Socrates
 

too much coffee is a sure fire way to make sure your pee pee doesnt stand when you need it to

 

One large cold brew around 9am - used to do a second cold brew around 2pm but have cut that out

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6:30 am -- start the day off right 8:00 am -- Whenever I get to the office 10:00 am -- Keep the morning rolling 3:30 pm -- Pregame before I take on the kids when I get home

Every so often there will also be one at Noon and/or one around 8pm (if it's going to be a late night). If I do have one at 8pm, I do half-caff so I'm not staring at the ceiling at 3am.

Mind you -- this is down from the 7-8 cups a day I'd slug down in B School or as an engineering student.

Director of Finance and Corporate Development: 2020 - Present Manager of FP&A and Corporate Development: 2019 - 2020 Corporate Finance, Strategy and Development: 2011 - 2019 "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin
 

Have a lot of people quit coffee? What long-term benefits did you see?

I’ve been on about 2 cups a day for most of my adult life but have recently been persuaded to quit through some research. Most tempting of which is improving my quality of sleep.

Certainly underestimated the cold turkey withdrawal symptoms...

 

I have 4 shots of espresso with dark chocolate almond milk after I awake.

I used to drink more coffee than that, but typically now just have 5 - 10 cups of green tea or black tea after that during the day.

If it’s the middle of the night and I’m playing poker deep in a tourney, I’ll have 4-8 more shots depending and sleep fine after that.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

0. The most caffeine I have is English Breakfast Tea (or some other Black tea or green tea). 

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb
 

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