The Listenary

Caffeine and alcohol are diuretics, causing various states of chronic dehydration in the body. Listen to your body and your inner child to find out what it is about coffee that you love.

If it is the stimulant that you crave, then plain water, good breathing, and time to think will do the job, maybe not so fast but better.

If it is the warmth that you crave, warm the plain water.

Listen and find a substitute for caffeine.

Here is a coffee substitute I like: instant, warm, bracing, and a great antioxidant. Heat water. Add a few drops of cranberry juice concentrate and a shake or two of stevia. Swizzle and sip.

Disclaimer: These ideas are presented as experiments only. Neither Wilma Zalabak nor The Atlanta Listenary, Inc. participates in any diagnosis or prescription, or the "practice of medicine" in any way. The reader of these experiments carries full responsibility for the use he or she chooses to make of them and for any health or medical results thereby achieved.