I'm gonna be real with you.
The only reason I started drinking coffee as an adult was to help me take a shit every morning.
It was a daily habit for years, until one morning on the throne I thought: Isn't it *wild* that I rely on a drug to help me perform such a basic biological function?
So I quit.
Armed with some transition-period laxatives, I set out on my caffeine-free adventure and stumbled across some unexpected serious benefits. I want to share them now, so you can jump in on them too:
I got way more stuff done, faster.
My feelings of anxiety basically disappeared.
I felt more alert without caffeine, because I slept much better.
Toppling world's favourite stimulant will take more than just my story, so here I also present to you the rigorous findings of members from a fine establishment: the r/decaf subreddit.
For my more cerebral readers, I'll chuck in a bit of science too. But really the point is that you should do the experiment for yourself.
Just fuck around and you'll find out if …
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