Y’know. I dunno if it’s getting sober or getting older or what. But my tolerance for caffeine the past few years has gotten much lower.
I cut out caffeine after lunch a long time ago just to sleep better. Only drinking the stuff in the morning, and if I got tired later I would simply suffer or go to sleep. I swear by this. I may get tired in the evening, but then I sleep, and wake up feeling great again.
But jeez. I’m now very aware I feel trashed if I have even one drop more than 1.5 cups of coffee in the morning. Like, I get caff withdrawal headaches, restless, even upset stomach by early evening. It SUCKS.
A sponsee suggested keeping decaf coffee pods (my thing does pods too). That’s actually helped a lot. I’ll still have my one morning cup, and if I feel like I want anymore I make a decaf instead.