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HOW!!!????
seriously folks........
it's going to be a tough weekend.
Drank me last papsi yesterday........
now the longest I've gone without has been 6or 7 weeks, then well you know "just one little sip won't hurt you" and I'm back on that vicious cycle
Hubs is like "get some coffee in you"
but I really do have a caffine sensitivity, and well @p_rehbein sums it up:
if I can't drink it for the java high energizer bunny benefits, then whats the point?
So @Live4Him just how were you able to give it up and function all these years without?
seriously folks........
it's going to be a tough weekend.
Drank me last papsi yesterday........
now the longest I've gone without has been 6or 7 weeks, then well you know "just one little sip won't hurt you" and I'm back on that vicious cycle
Hubs is like "get some coffee in you"
but I really do have a caffine sensitivity, and well @p_rehbein sums it up:
if I can't drink it for the java high energizer bunny benefits, then whats the point?
So @Live4Him just how were you able to give it up and function all these years without?
Actually, it was 32 1/2 years ago...right after I got saved.
I almost died of a drug overdose (cocaine) back then, and I got saved immediately thereafter.
Although I had done several different types of drugs (marijuana, hash, opium, cocaine, acid once) for 11 straight years prior to that, by the grace of God, I had absolutely no withdrawals whatsoever when I completely stopped doing drugs when I got saved.
Here's the interesting thing, though...
Without even realizing it up until then, my biggest "drug" was caffeine.
From the time that I was a child, whenever I didn't feel well, the first thing that I always asked for was iced tea because it always made me feel better. Actually, although I didn't realize it at the time, it was the caffeine in the iced tea that gave me a rush.
Anyhow, at the time that I got saved, I was working in my friend's pizzeria, and I used to drink soda with caffeine in it all of the time.
One day, I decided to stop drinking soda, and I couldn't believe THE WITHDRAWALS that I went through.
Seriously, it reminded me of accounts that I've heard from people who were coming off of heroin.
Since then, the most caffeine that I've willfully consumed would be either in a bar of chocolate or a couple of sips (that's all that I can bear without feeling the rush of the drug) of hot chocolate.
I mentioned that I drink decaf espresso (only occasionally), and, one time, my Italian aunt gave me a small cup of caffeinated espresso by mistake, and I literally almost had to go to the hospital after I drank it.
My body is so caffeine-free right now that just the smallest amount of caffeine affects me more than when I actually did cocaine.
Anyhow, that's my own personal experience.
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GG- I sat in a teaching once where the speaker was directed to teach on fasting, it doesn't have to be food, it can be anything that we are giving first place to, too the point it affects our relationship with the Father through Jesus. He invited Holy Spirit to come and instruct each of us, we waited for Him, then we received His direction, for one man it was electronics, for one man it was Mondays to be vegetables, no junk, etc. kind of like Daniel.
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thanks for sharing.
ya know, I grew up the "good girl" never done drugs, never drank (until adulthood, and that's controlled, just a small amount and I'm ready to ) but the Lord has pointed out (more than once ) what's the difference between someone having an addiction to drugs/alcohol and someone having an addiction to soda/coffee?
Well, ANYTHING that is used to escape problems is a big NO_NO! (often times soda is the relaxing, feel good, "drug of choice" for me....... feel that cold can in hand, hear that " POP FIZZ" as the can is opened.....hits the tounge and that feel good rush flows through the body, THEN "ahhhh, NOW I can tackle this situation" )
YES!!! I thought I was crazy, making this up the first time I tried giving up pepsi. After about 3 days when I was starting to feel a little "normal" I looked it up online and found it to be a real thing. I had never thought of caffine being a "drug" until then.
ya know, I grew up the "good girl" never done drugs, never drank (until adulthood, and that's controlled, just a small amount and I'm ready to
) but the Lord has pointed out (more than once ) what's the difference between someone having an addiction to drugs/alcohol and someone having an addiction to soda/coffee? Well, ANYTHING that is used to escape problems is a big NO_NO! (often times soda is the relaxing, feel good, "drug of choice" for me....... feel that cold can in hand, hear that " POP FIZZ" as the can is opened.....hits the tounge and that feel good rush flows through the body, THEN "ahhhh, NOW I can tackle this situation" )
YES!!! I thought I was crazy, making this up the first time I tried giving up pepsi. After about 3 days when I was starting to feel a little "normal" I looked it up online and found it to be a real thing. I had never thought of caffine being a "drug" until then.
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oh and some stuff ppl post makes me go
...hey, ...Hey, ...HEY!
Don't be talking about Gandy that way..............
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