Coffee has been my go to drink since I was about 20, it has watched me grow up and it has grown with me. I started my coffee drinking, like, most young people, which involved loads of sugar and cream, it was really more like a sweet treat! As I got older I ditched the sugar, and was using just a drop of cream. It was a more 'mature' cup, and eventually I was drinking it black or with a drop of almond milk. Every now and then a latte was a treat!
Though my wonderful cup of coffee had been there for me through the years, from helping me wake up in the morning to getting me through the 3 o'clock lull in my day. It was there for me when I was broke and needed cheap energy! I spent many lunches at the coffee truck with only three dollars for coffee and a dry bagel! But I have grown and changed, and no longer require the security of my coffee cup. It was time to move on.
As my diet developed in to a more raw and natural lifestyle, my taste took a drastic hit. One of the first things I noticed, my taste for coffee was no longer the same. I tried to get through each cup, as I was so accustom to each morning, and found myself leaving half the cup behind, though I was not ready to give up. Coffee had been such a huge part of my life, it represented many long talks with girlfriends, quite mornings with my husband, and my faithful drink on my way to work. So I continued to drink it.
A year and a half into my new lifestyle I was finally ready to quit. I soon realized my attachment to coffee was purely an emotional one. I had lost the taste for it long ago, but I just wasn't mentally prepared to let go. How would this change my morning routine? What about coffee dates with friends? What if I needed it? All these questions would pop into my head each time I was contemplating the idea of quitting. This time I finally had all the answers ready.
I was lucky not to experience ANY withdrawal symptoms like many people do. It was actually easy. I just quit...just like that. Looking back, I see how our emotions are tied to what we eat. It makes me understand the struggles some people have with changing their diet, but I am proof that it can be done. As we clean up our diets, eat natural food, eat food from the earth, our taste will begin to slowly reject food which it has no need for, then it is up to us to let go of those emotions.
