I quit caffeine for 30 days 

Chris made a video about his experience and there are some cool behind the scenes stuff of our time together. WATCH IT: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dwj1hi2L2dA.html

no one: Matt Davella: I quit heroin for 30 days

He no espresso, now he feelin' depresso

''i don't need it, but I want it'' Yes, this is how addictions work

Now I am motivated..... "I quit my school for 30 days"...

"I hope your month was equally terrible" True friendship right there.

"I don't need coffee, I just really want it, I love it". Sounds like an addict talking.

Quitting caffeine has been one of the best decisions I've made in terms of improving my physical and also mental health. It improved my sleep and reduced my anxiety a lot.

I quit coffee for almost 3 years now, my blood pressure was always high. Since i quit coffee, my blood pressure stayed normal. There was a side effect on quitting coffee. My anxiety went on the roof, went to ER a lot, thinking I was going to die. I fought and won. I am caffeine free for almost 3 years and 7 without smoking. We can change if we want to. Cheers, amazing channel

next challenge don't use an alarm for 30 days

The internet: Matt: I quit breathing *for 30 days*

So basically these guys felt lifeless without coffee. That alone should be enough to quit

Crazy how a month goes by in just 10 minutes

Video suggestion: I quit single use plastic for 30 days.

This is extremely interesting from the perspective of someone who has never had coffee at 30 years old, people always ask me why I don't start drinking today, but I think of it as: why would I willingly get myself addicted to a substance I don't need in order to function?

Matt: It isn't that I'm addicted I just really miss the social events. Every smoker: It isn't that I'm addicted I just really miss the social events. Every drinker: It isn't that I'm addicted I just really miss the social events.

I used to drink coffee every single day and I did it for about 10 years. I loved coffee but suddenly, during this pandemic, I don't know if it is because I am moving less, but I was getting a horrible anxiety everyday and I realized it was because of caffeine. I stopped drinking coffee and it immediately helped! I haven't dunk coffee ever since and I know it was the best decision I could have taken for my health, at least for now.

Try switching all drinks with WATER for 30 days....

Matt: I quit working out for 30 days. Biceps: Still huge.

Always interesting to watch addicts justifying their addiction.

Day 4 no coffee for me and it honestly has not been that bad. I’m doing it to help heal an stomach ulcer and look forward to going back to my 1 cup a day within the next month or so. I’ve realized keeping my coffee to 1 cup has been huge in not experiencing major withdrawal.

Me : drinking my 4th cup today Matt: i quit caffeine for 30 days Gosh, maybe i should start drinking 3 cups instead of 4?

I quit drinking coffee on April 23rd of 2017. Best decision of my life. More energy, no stomach problems, better sleep. Never again.

Interesting how you felt no positive effects on sleep or anxiety from quitting caffeine! Those two things were the most profound things to change for me when I quit. I was able to sleep the entire night through without waking up & didn’t struggle to get out of bed

Quitting caffeine after 15 years' daily use I finally got back the feeling of that "real" drowsiness, deep sleep, energy, and peace (no more anxiety)! Like nicotine and sugar caffeine is silently crippling and killing us. Wake up and quit to experience the difference for yourself! It's not that hard at all.

Can we just appreciate how beautifully this is filmed, I mean look at those shots and color matches, dayum.

no one: Matt: I quit sleeping for 30 days

this man is a genius. the pacing, the structure of the video so good man. when u watch the whole of his master youtube course and than watch his videos you can see what he teaches you like peeling back the onion, don't bury the lead, the importance of pacing , the way he uses music all of it. this guy is the goat

I don't like coffee, and I see how it effects my mom and my sister, so I think I'm never gonna drink it. They are both so tired, unproductive, and rude when they don't have it at least once in a day. It's almost like an addiction. I don't want to be addicted to anything when I'm older so..

Why wasn't the "social aspect" the same? You can order tea and other beverages at any coffee shop, and still sit with your coffee drinking friends, no?

Join the club of people who don't even drink coffee but ended up here | \/

"I quit caffeine for 30 days" **drinks tea**

i think the best benefit of quitting caffeine: First of all, one less thing your body is addicted too and the other point it, when you actually drink caffeine you actually get the benefits. On a different level than when you drink it every day

Now you know how pregnant women feel when they have to start consuming less caffeine. On top of a pregnancy.

me: I quit coffee for a week matt: 30 DAYS LETS GOOOOO

I LOVE your 30 day challenge videos❤️they’re really inspiring. Please make more videos like this🌻🙏🏻🌻

Your filmmaking is absolutely phenomenal!

Worst thing addicted people say: I can live without it but I just want it.

I only drink coffee because it helps with my morning routines. You know, laying hot pipes before hitting the gym.

Quitting Coffee was the best decision .....my energy improved and I love that I am more in tuned with my own energy. Only thing how those coffee snobs look down upon you...”oh.. you don’t drink coffee?” ... trust me i used to be so addicted to all those tansy brewed coffee, it’s better for your health if you can minimize it.

his friend's reaction killed me🤣

I'm so glad I never really started drinking coffee. Actually, coffee makes me a bit hyperactive 😊

I like how you don’t stretch one more minute for the ten min mark. Respect!

What a great video on something important for many of us! Great content as always

Matt, your edit skills are improving with each upload, cant describe how satisfying it is to watch all of yours transactions and angles. Beautiful!

I quit coffee over one year ago (heavy coffee addict and snob who even traveled around the EU for the best coffee shops) and my anxiety has gone down and i don’t get as hyped up, which suits me better. Recomending this experiment is great to find out if you’re drinking it for good reasons or not.

i have tried so many 30 days challenges but quitting tea for this long is nearly impossible for me. i don't know how am i even gonna focus on anything without it.

Matt: *has a lot of work to do on time* also Matt: *making videos on how he should do his work on time*

Man, always excited for your creative intros. Great episode and stoked to see you take on sponsors, definitely well deserved

*_Anyone else drinking coffee while watching this??_*

So glad to see you brought Baca in for the video! I've been watching him for a while.

I love these wholesome videos

I never drink coffee. From my perspective, coffee looks like a soft/average drug addiction. "do not talk to me until I get my coffee"

I don't think I've ever NEEDED coffee. I drink it almost daily but will go weeks without sometimes. I love my French Press ☕

After realizing my body’s dependency on caffeine, particularly coffee & occasional energy drinks .. I am taking this challenge but babying it down to 10-14 days to reset my tolerance and improve sleep. Ben Greenfield had a brief video detailing on how to ease the transition & why to do it every couple of months. Thanks for all that you do!

I work for Starbucks and I’m 5 going on 6 weeks caffeine free.

Do Patreons have access to uncensored footage of Matt eating a banana?

I really like Matt’s emphasis on understanding how your environment effects you and how you can use it to motivate yourself. Great video as always 🧡

After I quit cocaine for 30 days I really learned how much I appreciate it and how nice it will be to go back to it.

Watching this in 144p and still impressed by the quality.

Caffeine makes me anxious.🙄it’s annoying. I wish I could drink coffee or soda sometimes to wake me up! ☕️ 🥤

Drinking water every time you want coffee helps.

It's been 6 days since I drank any caffeine, I feel like NEW. Seriously, I feel like I haven't felt in ages. I don't think I'm coming back, at least not unless I forget this.

love the requiem for a dream angle in the beginning

I quit caffeine over a year ago. Made a huge difference to my sleep, anxiety, and strangely my heart. Best decision I ever made.

Matt, you've been such a huge inspiration for all of us out here. Pushing us to better ourselves. Keep it up! 🔥

I recently quit coffee. It’s been challenging. I tend to be anxious and quitting has helped for sure. I miss drinking it but I feel it’s best for my mental health.

I would've been impressed if he was able to quit coffee for good. His addiction simply has won.

Some interesting observations from someone who has rarely ever had any caffeine and dislikes coffee: As someone who barely ever has had caffeine (and yes, it was insane when I did have some but has been extremely infrequent in my life), I've always noticed the short attention span of regular users. It's literally not worth working on a project with someone addicted to caffeine who doesn't have a cup in hand (or at least had their daily dose a bit prior). I truly mean those words. Obviously it's a spectrum and everyone falls on it in different places but the daily Starbucks-drive-in people I know are super inadequate when deprived of their zoom juice when compared to them on coffee. I get that it's kind of fun a cute to love and need something to function, but honestly that's the number one reason I still stay away. I don't want to have to buy liquid attention after getting too dependent. And I don't want to take any performance enhancer that over time lowers my original base-performance; which then in turn makes me more dependent... I would pay a lot of money to know what a pot a day coffee lover would look like if they'd never had caffeine before in their life. What they'd say after their fist cup ever. Here's the questionably unethical experiment. Take identical twins and introduce one to coffee at a safe age and restrict the other from all caffeine. Then at different ages as time goes by, test them cognitively. Have the coffee drinker take tests with and without any caffeine. Maybe every few testing cycles have the abstinent one take some caffeine before a test to see how much their score is enhanced. Also take note of sleep quality, grades, self-rated happiness, and aging. Then I think we might finally get a scientific answer as to whether coffee is good or bad for you. Think about it, if the abstinent subject EVER scored better without caffeine than the other twin with caffeine then what does that mean? And for how many years are the benefits of the increased mental ability from caffeine actually beneficial? and at what cost to your base mental ability? I've never liked the taste of coffee and everyone I talk to who does says, "at first you don't like it but eventually you grow to love the flavor" which I'm pretty sure has to do with cravings caused by addiction. Put caffeine in anything and people will grow to love it. Same with all drugs. Take smoking for example; smells bad, taste bad, burns a bit, first time users don't enjoy it but do like the rush; yet those addicted LOVE the experience and have extreme difficulty quitting. They miss the ritual and social aspects. Sound familiar? Obviously far more dangerous and likely more addictive but the same principle. So I believe you when you say, "I just love the flavor," or, "I only drink it for the flavor," because you do love the flavor, but realize that many people don't like the flavor at first which is just a tad suspicious to me on why you would think bean tea taste so delicious and becomes something you can't imagine life without. (Just a joke tea Connoisseurs, please don't hurt me) Also, in case your curious, I'd self rate my own attention span extremely high, though if we're being honest RU-vid does take it's toll on me. Still, when I've got a big machine learning project I'm able to code for like 5 straight hours of non-stop, high quality, uninterrupted and productive work, with no food or sugar required. Feels focused and not like I'm punishing myself or miserable from the work. Easily my best super power. Also recharging my brain, while not as fast as a cup of jo, is usually as easy as a 30 minute walk and then I'm primed for another couple hours. Wouldn't trade that - for a drink I don't love (but would eventually grow to love if consumed a few times) with the promise of a dependency and cravings so bad they'll cause headaches if missed - any day. I fully understand that your love is deep and your love is real (talking to coffee drinkers) and you wouldn't want to know anything different, but as someone who's never had that love, it does seem a little unappetizing... And a little one sided. I mean, for your first few cups you might not even really like it. Just my two cents as someone who over-worries a dependency lowers the quality and abilities of my base-state self. P.S. wouldn't be offended if people who find this interesting like it so others will see, I feel like I'm quite the minority in this comment section.

There might be something wrong here. I decided to quit coffee after a lifetime consumption. I realized I had plenty of headaches actually linked to stopping coffee (I tried several times), and figured out that if something was impacting my brain so much, there might be some negative effects. After 15 days I realized that it was much, much easier for me to get out of bed in the morning without coffee. My sleep was clearly deeper without coffee, with a better recovery. I felt more energized in the mornings but also during my days, with a much more stable energy level. After 2 months I felt globally more rested, with a higher level of mental clarity, with a clear positive impact on my work during my daily clients meetings. I tried this several times with different consumption levels (going from 4 cups a day to 0, 2 to 0, 1 to 0, experimenting over several months) : I was personally feeling the negative effects and impact on my sleep starting from 1 cup a day, this was a big surprise to me. I decided to quit. From time to time I still take one when I really need an energy boost, but I actually realized that it creates a vicious circle (the energy low after the first coffee makes you want another one), and I felt some effect on my health (my throat becomes "dry" and I actually got sick 2 times after starting again, after some times with no consumption at all). I am now trying to quit completely. People might have different tolerance levels, but I would advise anyone to experiment in this way and see what works for you. If Matt did not feel any positive benefits, you can find plenty of other RU-vidrs who actually felt a big positive impact when they stopped.

That’s crazy I quit coffee and my anxiety has almost went away.

I love how you have a cup of coffee before quitting

My morning coffee tastes so much better while watching this video. I might watch it everyday.

we care too much on the social aspect of coffee, as an italian myself coffee is part of our culture, everyone drinks it so we are really pressured to like it. I hate coffee, so everytime i go out with my friends to eat breakfast or simply to spend time with them everyone drink it but i never did, it never bothered me, i really like tea instead, i drink it often. People need to be less influenced by the social life and what everyone does, simply drink something else if you don't want coffee. Nice video matt, always the best.

As a tea drinker myself, I can tell you that its all in your head when you think that you are alone in a crowd full of coffee drinkers. You are not left out or anything. That's just your own imagination that is coming from fear of being left out. Its still the same.

Great video love the beginning lol 😂

Matts relative: Do you want a cup of coffee? Matt: *Say sike right now*

No one: Not a single soul: Matt: "I quit moving for 30 days"

I also quit coffee and I had all the symptoms that you went through, such as thrubbing, headache, craving, and so on. Now, I am happy that I finally quit coffee for many reasons. One of them is that I can keep my energy level stable. Also, my headache's gone away.

I gave up coffee just after Christmas 2019. It's been hard as I have been driving for over 15 years. I love taste of coffee but since I quit coffee my sleep improved dramatically. I also get up a lot easily and my headaches are gone. I'm done not drinking coffee again and I'm actually proud of this nas wasn't expecting how easy that was. I would definitely recommend at least to try the challenge and quit for 30 days. I only discovered your channel today and will definitely try meditation very soon. Thanks

I gave up caffeine several months ago... I hated the idea of ‘I need a tea to start my day, or wake up’ It’s freeing and I’m a much better morning person now :) Also much more hydrated!!

8:08... Matt's eyebrows twitch from that first caffeine rush since 30 days! Classic! :D

i appreciate this wonderful video and i am motivated

I quit coffee too. Feel great. So calm and relaxed. Now I see what effect coffee had on me. Was always kind of nervous and it really affected my mood in a negative way. No more.

As someone who almost never drinks coffee, I don't understand how you can feel dislodged from your social surroundings, if you don't have a cup of coffee. I don't ever have problems with a glass of water etc when I'm with my family or friends who are heavy coffee drinkers. Could someone enlighten me?

Me: I’m drinking too much coffee Also Me: Drinks coffee to think how to reduce daily cups coffee from 3 to 1...

I had mild urinary incontinence for a few years and both me and my doctor could't figure out why... Decided to give up caffeine and within days the incontinence stopped, my sleep improved, my anxiety dropped and my skin looked less flushed. Absolutely worth giving up if you can bear the withdrawal symptoms.

currently drinking coffee while watching this

*Lucky me, I dont take coffee. But I want to quit taking sugary things. I try not to buy it but my husband does sometimes and he's disciplined so he doesnt have the addiction problem.I'm trying and I'll continue to try*

Great video!!!! I love that you finally decided to monetize your videos 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻♥️

I'm watching this while drinking my coffee, cheers mate :D

the quality in your video is on an another level.

Chocolate has caffeine? oh thats probably why i cant sleep until 3 am

"I quit going outside for 30 days" Oops already did this

I love your Channel!

On my winter break from college and I decided to take a break from coffee. I feel like Matt in the beginning of the video 😂

no one: Matt D'Avella: I quit showering for 30 days.

Matt D'Avella: I stopped using my phone for 30 days (Tough challenge)

Caffeine has been giving me a ton of anxiety and I've cut it out despite my love for coffee. I'm not sure what is worse, not having coffee at all or asking for decaf

When he said he hasn’t missed a day I felt that so much!! I’ve been drinking coffee for 15 years everyday. I’m on day 3 of quitting and the headache is coming in strong now..😫