The 7 Levels of Caffeine Addiction

This is a video of me realizing that I've been taking caffeine all my life, whilst going through The 7 Levels of Caffeine Addiction.

Hopefully you enjoyed this video :)

[primerpure]

I don't suffer from caffeine addiction, i enjoy every minute of it.

[ryla]

I've come to realize that life is about managing tolerance. You got to make sure you don't drink too much coffee, but you also got to make sure that you drink some. You have to socialize with that one coworker, but you also have to make sure you don't kill them.

[nameistaken]

I worked with a girl who actually overdosed on coffee. Just to understand she went from level 1 to 7 in the span of a week but she was beyond level 7. Multiple espresso shots in an extra large coffee kind of person. She ended up in the hospital because of it

[joshuaradick]

I was probably level 7 in freshman year of college. I decided to go cold turkey for Lent and went into clinical withdrawal as a consequence. It was a miserable few weeks that I mostly could never recall even recently after it happened; my grades dropped, I had constant headaches, tremors in my hands, I was irritable and angry. I was mostly recovered by the time Easter rolled around, a positive was that for a while after that Lent caffeine hit extra hard. I've never quite gotten to that level of dependence since but I'm probably a 4-6 stage of addiction, where if I don't have any I'll probably have a headache for a day but I'm mostly normal after that.

[AG_]

There are 7 levels of caffeine addiction:
Level 1 - I didnt realise it had caffeine
Level 7 - I didnt realise it had caffeine

[TwoABattery]

Reminds me of the 5 stages of drug addiction I learned in a textbook
1. Experimentation
2. Regular use
3. Tolerance
4. Reliance
5. Addiction

[JS-lyrq]

I was a level 7 "dependent" on coffee so as an experiment i fasted from any caffeine for 4 months. The issue i had was i didnt feel any different in my day to day life and especially when i went back to consuming caffeine daily. Because of that i will never understand what a caffeine "addiction" really is

[amethyst_cat]

I've spent most of my life in Stage 3 or 4. When I started drinking tea I tried to treat caffeine like any other OTC: take in moderation to relieve specific symptoms. Then there was a time in high school when I didn't realize my parents had accidentally bought regular green tea bags instead of decaf; when I figured it out the detox was nasty. Nowadays I know better than to drink something without checking the caffeine content and make it a rule to never drink caffeine after noon.

[johnnycruiser]

I've been to level 8: The hospital. A year or two ago I had to be hospitalised due to some nasty heart symptoms caused most probably by caffeine. I thought that that's it, "I'm dying here and now" I thought to myself. They ran oh so many tests and came up with nothing. Gave me some saline and discharged me with a holter. From that day I never had even a full coffee, no energy drinks, just occasionally a few sips of Cola. Since then I've experienced these heart symptoms less and less. I'm glad I did it - quit caffeine. I'm a better person now.

Edit after a year:
Now I know the problem is extrasystole arrhytmia. It feels like your heart skips a beat or two. Usually caused by caffeine, nicotine and stress.
After a long time of being completely caffeine sober, I needed to take some for a few days to make a dead-line. Mostly dark chocolate and only in the morning. It ruined my sleep anyways. It made me tremble and sweat. But I was a bit more productive. I can't imagine how bad it felt like back then when I consumed 2 energy drinks worth of caffeine in a day.

Also what I noticed with these two mentioned drugs, you build up resistance in less than a week. Then you need it just to keep yourself on the base line.
My advice? Never consume any addictive substance for more than a few days in a row. If you need more, you're doing something wrong. Fix your life. Be a better person. Peace.

[Ian-qhle]

Remember folks, the key to enjoying caffeine without severe addiction is moderation.

[TwistedTeaFate]

I used to be at level 6, most of my life I grew up drinking a cup of cafe bustelo every morning (which is espresso, so equivalent to like 5 shots). I recognized that this could give me heart problems and make my sleep even worse, so little by little I brewed with less and less grinds.

Im back down to level 5 and while I am additcted to coffee, I also actively enjoy drinking it. I like the variety of flavors and fancy stuff cafes do with it. Its fun, and tastes good. I now limit myself to 1 cup of regular coffee a day, or 1 shot of espresso.

[ensamvarg]

I personally didnt struggle with this but have been (and probably still am tbh) addicted to alcohol. When i went to rehab, nearly everyone there was drinking liters of coffee every day to cope with their various other substances they arent taking anymore, which just made things so much worse. You would be craving being drunk, drink like 10 cups of coffee (because obviously it takes a lot more caffeine to feel anything remotely similar to what alcohol does), and in the end just suffer withdrawal from both.
Not only that, but caffeine withdrawal symptoms are some of the absolute worst there are (in terms of physical withdrawal, mental withdrawal is much less of an issue here). I dont envy anyone at levels like 5 and above

[frankjohannessen]

I don't suffer from caffeine addiction, it's the global supply of caffeine that suffers from my caffeine addiction.

[plootyluvsturtle]

we currently in the romantic era of stick figure youtube videos

[mr.glabalabadubeestuthemex]

One time i went 3 months without any caffeine. I didnt really feel any severe withdrawls but when i had my first cup after 3 months... it was absolutely euphoric. Literally the best high i ever felt

[mr.harrow]

5 years ago i fell into coffee addiction because of the stress my school was putting on us. in a month i went from 1 or 2 a day, up to 7 cups of coffee. it's was expensive, since the only source of coffee we had was a coffee machine, not exactly cheap enough for student to use it daily. i kept drinking at least 4 cups per day for two years. and when i reached the end of that terrible thing that college was, i stopped putting stress upon myself and started drinking less, simply by forcing myself into making it myself. and since i didn't drank poor quality coffee, i kinda fell in love with the taste and all the work and routine required to make a good coffee. i can't drink coffee since a few month ago, because of health issues, but when i make coffee for friends, i take good coffee beans in a shop, i grind them myself just before making the coffee, and they love it. even those that don't drink coffee started to like the smell.

[zachariahbecker]

My sole motivation to get out of bed is immediately brewing a double shot and sipping it in the shower

[ree]

I've been drinking coffee since I was about 5/6 years old, my mum used to let me have sips of hers and then eventually she got tired of me drinking all of her so she'd buy me one. I'd be allowed to make one for myself if I made her a cup, she'd let me drink some before school. In late elementary school throughout middle/high school I started having energy drinks and now I'm an adult with a hardcore caffeine addiction.

[thniils]

Watching this with my daily morning Coffee in my hand ☕️

[paulgitaukinuthia]

It's an addiction that begins from Childhood, as young as two-years-old, and progresses to adulthood, thus, it's a very difficult one to kick away.