Not getting enough sleep is a modern-day epidemic. With life moving so fast, the rise in technology use, and the obligation to meet work deadlines, many people struggle with resting well enough. And as this continues to happen, people look to stimulants to stay active and meet their daily objectives only to end up needing them again to meet the next day’s objectives, and the vicious cycle of not sleeping properly continues.

Sleep is essential to our growth and development as humans and even to our productivity and mental health. Part of staying fit mandates getting good amounts of sleep and it’s important to live healthy lives.

Caffeine is a stimulant in coffee that has become the go-to of many working-class people to keep themselves alert and active for accomplishing the day’s work. In fact, coffee breaks have become the norm in many workplaces and secretaries also seem to find that getting their bosses a cup of coffee daily, is part of their job descriptions. Taking coffee in itself has never been considered unhealthy and there are no clear guidelines as to exactly how much you should take in a day.

Some research proves that consuming moderate amounts of coffee can be beneficial to health but what many don’t know or like to disregard is that caffeine can get you hooked. Being a stimulant, caffeine is addictive, and the more you consume it, the more tolerant you become to it.

This means that you’ll need to consume even more to get the desired result and this is where the problem usually starts from. Taking coffee to stay active while not getting the sleep your body needs is only akin to putting a patch on a leak without fixing it. Eventually, the pressure builds and the entire setup breaks down.

There’s no substitute for sleep and it’s important to cut caffeine to sleep better and live healthier. Getting over your coffee habit may not be easy but there are a few practical ways you can go about this to get fast results.

You can start with getting lesser amounts of caffeine than you would get in coffee, and you can do this by replacing your coffee with green tea. If you absolutely must get some caffeine, this option is your best bet for dealing with a caffeine addiction and letting yourself get better sleep. Apart from green tea containing less caffeine, there are additional healthy components that make it a better alternative.

Sometimes you can replace your caffeinated milky drinks with warm milk or occasionally hot chocolate but you should be mindful of your intake because cutting sugar can also help reduce your caffeine cravings.

If you’re just learning to quit caffeine then the withdrawal may leave you tired and slow. You’ll need to train your body to get proper sleep eventually, so you can start doing that by taking naps during the day to get you the refreshed feeling that coffee once provided. Sleep is essential for healthy living and quitting caffeine will help you give your body just what it needs.