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Life After Caffeine

A podcast exploring caffeine recovery, nervous system healing, and the search for real energy in an overstimulated world.

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About this show

Most people don’t think of caffeine as a drug.
They think of it as survival.

Live Unwired: Life After Caffeine is the official podcast of the Adrenal Foundation. Each episode blends real recovery stories, practical neuroscience, and step‑by‑step tools to help you quit caffeine, heal your nervous system, and rebuild real energy in an overstimulated world

No wellness fluff, no perfect routines—just honest stories, science‑backed context, and practical tools you can steal for your own quit or cut‑back plan. New episodes drop weekly.

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Latest episodes

Panic Attacks & Fibrocystic Disease: When Cola Takes Over
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Panic Attacks & Fibrocystic Disease: When Cola Takes Over

A childhood filled with IV drips and hospital stays after a life-threatening kidney infection quietly set the stage for an 11-year prison of Pepsi and Coke addiction that followed. The 34th confession (often framed as a story of soda-driven captivity) describes how a young mother went from medical r

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Stop Going Cold Turkey: The Real Reason You Keep Relapsing
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Stop Going Cold Turkey: The Real Reason You Keep Relapsing

Multiple failed attempts to quit caffeine—each ending in crushing headaches, depression, and relapse—finally drove the author to build her own structured, holistic “anti-caffeine” program combining nutrition, cleansing, and lifestyle change rather than willpower alone. The 33rd confession (often tit

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Why Your "Harmless" Latte is Triggering Panic Attacks.
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Why Your "Harmless" Latte is Triggering Panic Attacks.

A life built around coffee shop meetings, espresso-based social rituals, and caffeine-fueled productivity slowly unraveled into heart palpitations, panic attacks, and the realization that something as ordinary as coffee had become a powerful, controlling drug. "Caffeinated Anxiety" (32nd confession)

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Are You Self-Medicating Your ADD With Coffee?
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Are You Self-Medicating Your ADD With Coffee?

A simple household mishap—running out of coffee on a Thursday morning—became the spark for two confessions of caffeine dependency neither spouse wanted to admit. "It All Started with a Headache" follows a wife and her ADD-diagnosed husband, Fred, as a two-day coffee shortage reveals just how deeply

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How I Quit 17 Cans of Coke a Day and Got My Life Back
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How I Quit 17 Cans of Coke a Day and Got My Life Back

An accidental double entendre in the workplace—"I love Coke"—led to a drug test demand and an on-the-spot firing, exposing just how visibly caffeine intoxication can mimic illegal drug use. "The Call of Coke" traces a childhood restriction of one Coke per week into a full-blown addiction that saw th

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From Vanilla Steamers to Chest Pains: The Caffeine Trap
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From Vanilla Steamers to Chest Pains: The Caffeine Trap

A simple vanilla steamer order turned into a full-blown Starbucks addiction after one sip of a co-worker's mint mocha, eventually triggering heart palpitations and a terrifying diagnosis scare at just 28 years old. "Not Even Decaf" follows an unassuming caffeine newcomer who never drank coffee or da

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Heart Palpitations, Panic, and the Dark Side of Young Love
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Heart Palpitations, Panic, and the Dark Side of Young Love

A summer landscaping job, a shy first love, and a seemingly harmless over‑the‑counter pill set the stage for a quiet but intense stimulant spiral. “Summer in the Village” (25th confession) follows a young woman who uses Wake Ups caffeine tablets to stretch herself across nine‑hour days of hard physi

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The Scooter Crash That Cured a 28-Year Caffeine Addiction
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The Scooter Crash That Cured a 28-Year Caffeine Addiction

A caffeine addiction that began at age 12 finally ended not through willpower, but through a terrifying scooter accident that left one man with a shattered wrist, broken ribs, and an unexpected gift: peace. "Reincarnation" follows 28 years of chronic coffee dependence, repeated failed quit attempts,

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About the host

Al Kushner

Hosted by award-winning author Al Kushner, the official Adrenal Foundation podcast blends neuroscience, real stories, and practical tools to help you successfully quit caffeine and heal your overstimulated nervous system.