Week 1
Breaking the Caffeine Addiction:
A Self-Intervention to Reduce Caffeine Consumption
By: Tia Davis
Prior to the intervention...
- Daily routine for 7 days
- Didn't pay attention to caffeine amount
- Kept bottles/cans to record caffeine
Week 1 Effects
- Positive
- Alert
- Energy
- Accomplished tasks
What is Caffeine??
- Negative
- Increased thirst
- Dehydrated
- Insomnia
Good Effects
Phase 1
Bad Effects
Duration: First 3 days
Criteria: <300mg
Recorded: 0mg
Phase 2
Duration: Last 4 days
Criteria: <200mg
Recorded: ~93.5mg
Week 2 Effects
My Caffeine Behavior??
- Headaches
- Fatigue
- Urge to drink Caffeine
- Irritable
- Daily routine
- Increased throughout college
- Drink about 3 to 4 energy drinks
- Physical and psychological effects without it
Goal??
Intervention
- Break the addiction
- 0<150mg
Flawed??
- Sick during the first 3 days of intervention
- Probably would've consumed caffeine during that time...
Corrected??
Method
- Re-do
- More gradual decrease
- Incorporate a positive/negative reinforcement
- Incorporating a positive opposite
- Fading Caffeine
Reinforcement
Conclusion
- Positive Opposite
- Water
- Caffeine-free drinks