[P.O.E.]

I gave up caffeine once for Lent. After about a week, I was getting dizzy spells - it sure is a drug. I survived, though, and really enjoyed a cup of coffee with a sausage omelette when it was all over.

[Tanniker Smith]

If Lent hadn't happened during midwinter recess, I wouldn't have attempted it. I gave up caffeine in college once, back when I only drank tea, and mocked "decaf tea" as "why bother?". I was stumbling around for two days, but I remember waking up the third morning (maybe the fourth) feeling totally different.

I didn't get the same results the following year when I succumbed to decaf, because it isn't totally caffeine-free. Actually, this year I've had only one cup of decaf coffee and I woke up the following morning with such a headache the following morning. I wonder if actually was decaf.