Thread: Should i kick my coffee habit?

I have a large coffee once a week at 9:00 pm and always fall asleep at 10:30. I have higher than normal lucidity rates on that day but that's just me. Doesn't cause any problems for me.

Do you get enough sleep? If it interrupts ur sleep-quality on a regular basis then it's a bad thing.
Imo it's much easier to wake yourself from slumber when you aren't dealing with a coffee crash each morning

I did-but then I suffered from insomnia. If it's not keeping you awake Moonwatcher, you don't really have to worry about it

I think everyone's right in that if it doesn't affect your time falling asleep it probably isn't a problem. I worked at Starbucks for a while and got completely hooked on coffee, several cups a day just drinking it continuously to deal with the pace and the customers lol. That was the time that I really lost interest in lucid dreaming altogether because I could not get my dream recall up. I did also have trouble sleeping as well.

I think the biggest thing is what Threeofeight said though. If you have no trouble waking up in the morning, don't worry about it. I used to be a person who could hardly drag myself out of bed and hit snooze a half dozen times, in the meantime completely forgetting all my dreams, and since I've kept my caffeine consumption to a minimum (for me, 2 cups a day) this has not been the case. So mostly for me I think caffeine consumption has the biggest effect on my recall, which I've always thought is the most important factor towards lucid dreaming for me because when I can continuously recall something every day, my chance of lucidity goes up without me trying.

All I actually know about caffeine and the brain is that it blocks receptors for adenosine, which slows down your brain and makes you feel tired. And over time your brain will try to combat caffeine's effects by making more adenosine receptors, which is how you develop a tolerance. So adenosine has more chances to bind and can make you more tired than if you never consumed caffeine. I think all of that is fishy which is why I'm trying to kick caffeine, but it goes to show how addictive it is that I feel miserable if I go a couple of days without any. I think of myself as a reasonable person and yet I can't stop making excuses for it, which I suppose is how even a mild addiction works. Scary!

I think the effect caffeine has on your lucid dreaming is likely to be personal. Some people like Him above and some people in the Lucid Aids forum seem to find it helpful. You would have to try curbing your consumption to observe any changes. But your consumption isn't extreme, anyway, so I would say don't worry!

Originally Posted by zombunny

I think everyone's right in that if it doesn't affect your time falling asleep it probably isn't a problem. I worked at Starbucks for a while and got completely hooked on coffee, several cups a day just drinking it continuously to deal with the pace and the customers lol.

Sounds similar to how big-time Amphetamine dealers handle the hectic of all the customers in the middle of the night. Lol!

Kick it! Aim for the balls!

After New Year's i plan to start fasting after lunch like a Tibetan monk.

Start with that, eventually you stop craving altogether.