Serious How to stop my energy drink/caffeine addiction?

[copecopter]

Before I got hooked on energy drinks, I would prob. only drink ONE red bull (80 mg caffeine) ONCE a week and I would freak out and feel like I did something naughty.
Lo and behold, years pass and I take pre-workout (ultra-caffeinated) shakes, large energy drinks (Celsius, etc. from 200 mg to 260 mg) and I actually bought a caffeine tracker app that I logged my caffeine intake on consistently and I would average 400 to 700 mg DAILY.
I lowered that to 200-400 mg now but I can't quit.
I feel like shit. I sleep like 2 hours because of the caffeine-induced insomnia.
For now, I have decided to swear overt energy drinks off for good (no energy drinks, pre-workouts, etc.) and so I will limit my caffeine intake to soda, tea, etc. (~20-80 mg).
But I don't know if I will succeed.

 

[Ambatukam Alone]

Cut down gradually (but doesn't have to be that slow). Take you bout 1 week to adapt to each drop off, depending on shit, by my guess.

 

[copecopter]

Cut down gradually (but doesn't have to be that slow). Take you bout 1 week to adapt to each drop off, depending on shit, by my guess.

I can't do it gradually. Gonna cold turkey it and just survive the fall

 

[Ambatukam Alone]

I can't do it gradually. Gonna cold turkey it and just survive the fall

Brother, you already cut from round 700 to 400?

 

[copecopter]

Brother, you already cut from round 700 to 400?

I was forced to kinda. I would buy 3 large energy drinks a day from the same supermarket and it got really weird having the cashier look at me knowing I take shitloads of caffeine.
So I reduced it to 1-2 energy drinks, and with the other passive caffeine I take, it's like ~400 max.
But as I said, now, I have decided to "permanently" cut all energy drinks/preworkout supplements and keep the "normie-accepted" caffeine sources until I lower those too.
So I am doing it gradually, but a bit more aggressive.

 

[TooSomething]

Just develop another addiction and replace your current one with the new addiction.

That works.

 

[zd60]

Just develop another addiction and replace your current one with the new addiction.

That works.

 

[starcrapoo]

Fruits are a great alternative

They're sweet and give you energy

 

[anon65]

Just take my stomach genetics. If I have literally one energy drink it will fuck me up the entire rest of the day. It's like someone pouring acid into my stomach.