As I get older, I find that hot chocolate is working better for me. Used to drink coffee all day at work, can't handle that much caffeine anymore.

 

As I get older, I find that hot chocolate is working better for me. Used to drink coffee all day at work, can't handle that much caffeine anymore.

Me too! in the afternoon, around 2pm. Especially in the "Winter"

 

I've been months caffeine-free now and not missing it at all. Life is good.

Gee I sound like one of those guys in an AA meeting!

 

I have to quit the caffeine by 3:30 pm or I won't sleep well...so I do.
In the morning, well, my sister summed it up correctly, "Don't speak to him until he speaks first." I'm a serious grouch in the morning! When the coffee kicks in, my muscle tone warms up, and I start functioning mentally, too.

 

I sometimes enjoy coffee as a relaxing, nighttime drink. I am not kept up by it and have been known to finish off my cup before wandering off to bed... I also have gone months without caffeine, so I don't know what's up with me....

I assume caffeine affects everyone differently, and has little effect on me.

 

I don't drink coffee on a regular basis. But it's funny how we can play little alchemists with everyday beverages.

Coffee can wake me up from after-lunch slumber but when my brain gets too hot and twisted after a hours of studying a beer helps me find my pace again.

 

Alcohol wrecks me! Half a beer and I shut the machinery off because I am not safe trying to operate under those conditions.

 

I sometimes enjoy coffee as a relaxing, nighttime drink. I am not kept up by it and have been known to finish off my cup before wandering off to bed... I also have gone months without caffeine, so I don't know what's up with me....

I assume caffeine affects everyone differently, and has little effect on me.

I agree.
I MUST drink coffee in the morning to get going.

But now, as I'm getting older, I will frequently wake up at 2-3 am.
I'll get up, have a cup of coffee, watch TV or go on AAC for an hour or so.
Then able to go back to bed and sleep like a baby 'til morning....

 

My Girl always makes a container of Sun Tea which I have a tendency to drink a lot of. Tea supposedly has several times the amount of caffeine that coffee does and if I drink tea past 4 pm I am up all night.

Split Infinity

 

Alcohol wrecks me! Half a beer and I shut the machinery off because I am not safe trying to operate under those conditions.

I can drink massive amounts of alcohol without much effect. That shouldn't be a surprise, as I've practiced this for 40 years.

 

Practice makes perfect.

 

I found something called Rhodiola. Very good for focus and afternoon pick me-up.