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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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Eleven Years in a Bottle
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Eleven Years in a Bottle

Some caffeine addictions begin during moments of extreme physical vulnerability, and this episode explores exactly that: a Pepsi habit that started in a hospital bed and grew into an 11-year prison sentence. What began as sipping soda to combat nausea escalated into 96 ounces of Coke or Pepsi daily,

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The Overdose That Wasn't Enough to Make Him Quit
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The Overdose That Wasn't Enough to Make Him Quit

Episode Summary Pushing your body to the absolute limit during college with 15 credits, two jobs, and a writing gig can feel completely impossible. For one sophomore, a casual recommendation to try black coffee quickly escalated into a crippling daily addiction to coffee, high-powered sodas, energy

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From Cold Winters to Two Open Hearts
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From Cold Winters to Two Open Hearts

Episode Summary: A college coffee habit born out of cold Illinois winters eventually dictated a man's entire life schedule. He ignored chest pains until a doctor appointment for a nagging back issue revealed a serious heart murmur. It took a blunt warning from a fellow patient and two heart surgerie

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When Your Drug Feels Like a Soulmate
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When Your Drug Feels Like a Soulmate

Episode Summary This confession opens with one of the most striking lines in the entire book: "Caffeine is a gorgeous demon." What follows is a deeply personal account of how caffeine became less of a habit and more of a relationship — one that pulled her away from real love, real life, and nearly e

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The Medicine Was Making It Worse
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The Medicine Was Making It Worse

Episode Summary A journalist burning the midnight oil on a daily deadline discovers that her chest pains, irregular heartbeat, and shaking hands aren't a heart condition — they're caffeine. And the migraine medicine she was taking to cope? Also caffeine. This episode is a wake-up call for anyone in

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Devil's Chemical -One Tablet Away From Losing Everything
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Devil's Chemical -One Tablet Away From Losing Everything

What starts as a Mountain Dew at an 8 a.m. high school class quietly becomes a caffeine tablet addiction that costs one woman her relationship, her pregnancy, and her sense of self. This is the confession nobody expects — because the drug nobody takes seriously ended up being the one that took every

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Hooked by Design
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Hooked by Design

She used to read about addicts in magazines while sipping her fifth cup of coffee — thinking how lucky she was to be so grounded. She had no idea the trap had already closed around her. This is the confession of a young woman who walked into her first classroom full of hope, a teaching degree, and z

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Ten Days Between Hell and Eden
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Ten Days Between Hell and Eden

She was a Wall Street trader running on 64 ounces of diet cola before she even reached her desk. For nearly two decades, caffeine wasn't a habit — it was a career strategy. The trading room demanded it. The MBA nights demanded it. The pregnancies, the babies, the mergers, the divorce — all of it pow

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The Study Drug Nobody Talks About
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The Study Drug Nobody Talks About

What starts as one cup of coffee to survive sorority pledging quickly spirals into a full-blown addiction that nearly derails an entire academic career. In this episode, we dive into the story of a college student who discovers the hard way that caffeine isn't just a harmless pick-me-up — it's a dru

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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.