I used to be very addicted to Coke. I stopped about 2 years ago around Yom Kippur. Rabbi Shafier gave a Shmuz about preparing for Yom Kippur and mentioned that there were some people who used to stop drinking caffeine weeks before in order that they wouldn’t get a headache on Yom Kippur so that they can daven properly. I realized that I was never able to function well on fast days and even other days of the year, if I didn’t have caffeine in the morning I would get a headache so I was dependent on it so I stopped. I still drink a lot of Sprite and other non-caffeinated sodas but not as much as I used to drink Coke and I drink a lot more water now. It’s great on fast days when I don’t get headaches anymore and even on other days I used to have to have some at some point in the morning or I would get a headache. Whether or not I am healthier now it is certainly less of a burden to not “have to” have caffeine in the morning
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