Message #46412

[mccoy]

As Sri Yukteswar said, give the dog a bone. But I doubt he meant feed the dog steak daily as well. What is your take on this ‘sphere of thought’?’

My take, in reference to caffeine, is that you can track the caffeine content of what you drink (an estimate in coffee, a more reliable quantity in energy drinks) and stop at 300 mg/day. Than, you can decrease gradually, until you reach half of it, about 150 mg/day. This may be taken as Sri Yukteswar's bone in your case.
Half the maximum suggested dosage is definitely a bone, not a steak. You may go to 100 mg/day, one third the max amount, a smaller bone.
Eventually, you can wean yourself out completely if you wish, but trying cold turkey is not the easiest, or more efficient choice.