Day 2

Here I am in Day 2 of my effort to reintroduce caffeine into my diet. Day one started off pretty smoothly — I got a lift from the cup of white tea I drank in the morning, and by afternoon the effects had mostly worn off. I must admit I had a bit of trouble getting to sleep last night — one of my big fears was that enough caffeine would be left in my system to make falling asleep difficult. But I can’t definitively attribute the difficulty to the caffeine.

My theory of why I had to give up caffeine in the first place all those years ago is that my body lost the ability to metabolize it — it just stayed in my system and accumulated until it was like I had taken a couple of NoDoz. We’ll see how things go over the next few days.

Today I tried a different kind of white tea — a Tea Forte selection. It was very flavorful, but I think it had less caffein than the previous day’s. We’ll see how the evening goes.