Re: How long can you do without coffee?

[joerg]

Hi CSers,
Well the polls got me going, and I do wonder how long can you manage without a good cup of coffee? Have a go!

[yeeza]

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I can go days without it.... if I wanted.

[ezralimm]

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Had a prac this morning..


My resting heart rate was under 60!

I was bradycardic (slow heart rate) and lethargic.


Yup, hadnt had any coffee for about 12 hours"-.-

[Wushoes]

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I can go without for a week...I havent had a coffee since Saturday when I last worked.

[luke_gts]

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For sure more than 3 hours! Id be worried if i had that much of a dependency...

one hour!! lol.. that is alot!

[kohi]

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I can go days without it.... if I wanted.

So could I, if the options are only instant or anything less than snob-standard.

[redzone121]

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Head ache kicks in (literally) before 24 hours are up. So my answer is about 20 hours !

[mattyj]

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I could quit easily.

But why would I?

[Thundergod]

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My last coffee of the day is about 3pm and my next one is 7am the following day.
So thats 16 hours.

My record however is 6 months but that was after brain surgery (not recommended).

[javabeen]

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I could only go a day when I was having 6 doubles a day. After 24hrs, Id get massive migranes.

I can go a days now as my consumption has dropped to only 2 or 3 doubles a day. and no headaches now when I go without.

[Robert]

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Without???
I once did 4 days while I was hiking up Mount Kilimanjaro.
Im never hiking again

[Dennis]

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lol - why would you want to go without coffee. Isnt it the elixir of life?

[namahage]

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I once had this coffee with a freak that has the technique of brewing 20 kg of coffee into three mug. It...scratched the itch that I never thought I had.

Thats the only time I can go without coffee for a week after.

[boingk]

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However long I want. But why would you want to deny yourself something that you like, if it isnt negatively impacting your life?

Dont think I had a coffee in at least a week when I was home from uni, simply because there was only instant...and I dont go much on that needless to say. At Dads place however, different story. Fresh ground coffee using a bench-clamp hand grinder...brewed in either a plunger or a stove-top espresso pot. Ah...always love coffee at Dads!

Generally its a morning ritual for me, sometimes one at lunch as well. Thats the norm, but pulling an all-nighter will probably see that intake double...perhaps more. Kinda normal seeing as my machine is about 6 inches from my left hand as I type, the espresso it just put a few minutes ago being slightly less than that.

Haha, anytime I want...whens that gonna be???

Cheers - boingk

[Wrecker]

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I cant say I can really answer the question. :-/

My mum raised us on tea from as young as I can remember so I tuned into to caffeine young. I went to coffee once I left school and after marriage it became coffee virtually always. My consumption would resemble a sin wave in reality. When I want one I have one...well now with the machine its usually 2. Being a shift worker is a factor. As I posted in the "how much is too much" thread Ive actually got a doctors recommendation to keep it up! If circumstances keep me from it, and Im concentrating on whatever task is keeping me from it, about 12 hours and Ill get a dull headache. I think its called "addiction", and Im happy to feed it.