Howdo folks. Got some sort of a problem here, i like the odd cuppa.
I'm more partial to soft drinks though, orangeade, limeade, cherryade etc...
But the last few days i haven't even touched the pop. And instead been nagging me mum to "mek us a brew" :hihi:
Failing that, i've got up off me ass and made myself one. But i'm having like 4 cups an hour. Seriously.
I quit smoking a week ago today (well, yesterday) without any patches or wotnot, and feel fine. Could that be the reason?

It's Dr Bago here.
I see your problem, but your diagnosis is absolutely spot on. Well done. Don't forget your prescription on the way out. :D

It's Dr Bago here.
I see your problem, but your diagnosis is absolutely spot on. Well done. Don't forget your prescription on the way out. :D

Can I have a prescription too Doc?.... :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Well done scarby.... keep up with the tea and leave the nasty coffin nails alone.... I'll make you a brew if you're ever around. :thumbsup:

Howdo folks. Got some sort of a problem here, i like the odd cuppa.
I'm more partial to soft drinks though, orangeade, limeade, cherryade etc...
But the last few days i haven't even touched the pop. And instead been nagging me mum to "mek us a brew" :hihi:
Failing that, i've got up off me ass and made myself one. But i'm having like 4 cups an hour. Seriously.
I quit smoking a week ago today (well, yesterday) without any patches or wotnot, and feel fine. Could that be the reason?

If you are serious, see your doctor. Drinking a lot is a symptom of diabetes, which is not life-threatening but which needs monitoring. I am a diabetic.

be careful scarby drinking tea boosts your estrogen levels which is the female equivalent of testorone you might become a bit more feminine. WELL DONE on the quitting smoking

4 cups an hour ? That's quite excessive. It wouldn't occur to me to think it's diabetes, but it depends on if you drink your tea with sugar too. Which replaced your usual lemonade, cherryade etc.

My mom had diabetes as well. You can get a blood test at your Dr for diabetes. You may as well as them for a bit of advice on how to stop any cravings from not smoking. It may be a withdrawal symptons. My dad had that when he quit too. He just put on a lot more weight in the end. He's also a heavy tea drinker too.

be careful scarby drinking tea boosts your estrogen levels which is the female equivalent of testorone you might become a bit more feminine. WELL DONE on the quitting smoking

You mean he will icnrease the size of his... ? :hihi:
I'd change it to green tea or something.

Already have the man-boobs :hihi:

4 cups an hour ? That's quite excessive. .
I think you might be replacing the habit of smoking with pots of tea. Which is of course better and likely to reduce as time goes on.

I am also a bit stupid with Tea and I have been for the last 20 years. I drink so much of this that I try to restrict myself to one cup an hour during the day or I get a sore tongue. :o
I don't have sugar but I find the drinking of it to be a habit which I have difficulty kicking. It doesn't have to be tea, I can drink coffee but I find that tea is easier to drink all day.

Well all you tea addicts need to be careful when you go abroad; you can never find a decent cuppa and it would be a real nightmare for you going cold turkey :)

Well all you tea addicts need to be careful when you go abroad; you can never find a decent cuppa and it would be a real nightmare for you going cold turkey :)

Unless of course you take your tetleys away with you. Im slipping a few tea bags in my suitcase on sunday for the above reason :D

Well all you tea addicts need to be careful when you go abroad; you can never find a decent cuppa and it would be a real nightmare for you going cold turkey :)

I thought it was warm in Turkey. You do post some twaddle some of you on here. :rolleyes: :hihi:

Viking,
I think you should take Internetowl's caring remarks about the hell that is the tea 'cold turkey' experience a little more seriously. I am surprised at you! Where is your compassion here? I can get jolly baity when Southport Waitrose are running low on Twinings English Breakfast tea, and a cousin of mine required counselling after attempting to go without Earl Grey for a week. Did you know that there were mass suicides in the North Welsh village of Barasyllt when the local Happy Shopper ran out of Glengettie? Shame on you!

. Did you know that there were mass suicides in the North Welsh village of Barasyllt

Not Enough.:hihi:



<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<(waits for reprisals)

Ooh, you're a hard man Viking. Sacked any Cathedrals recently? You are all the same, you lot. Rape, pillage, burn, scrawl some runic graffiti, then off on your longboats.

Ooh, you're a hard man Viking. Sacked any Cathedrals recently? You are all the same, you lot. Rape, pillage, burn, scrawl some runic graffiti, then off on your longboats.

You missed Buggery off. :hihi:

Oh, not always...

Unless of course you take your tetleys away with you. Im slipping a few tea bags in my suitcase on sunday for the above reason :D
Naa,
tea doesn't really work abroad because the water is different, the milk is different and you can't always get water that is actually boiling for a proper mash.

When I go abroad I seemlessly slip into coffee drinking instead. Like a flash, its very impressive. Coffee abroad seems to taste much better than coffee here and tea seems to taste awful.

The only time I ever had a decent cup of tea abroad was staying at my friend's house in Germany. A confirmed anglofile, she has tea pot and english tea and everything and it was quite good. Normally it is much more trouble than it is worth much better to stick to coffee.

try decaf tea if its bugging you... I drink about 8 cups of tea a day and when I used to drink normal tea would feel really poorly if I didn't have a brew for a few hours - I think it was the caffine as I'm fine to go a few hours now without killing anyone.

Tastes exactly the same as "normal" tea aswel :D

uh oh...:o

Looks like somebody kicked the Nicotine addiction and now has a caffeine addiction!! :roll: :D

Does it keep you awake at nights? :D

Scarby, if you're worried about the caffeine/tannin issue.... replace at least one brew with a fruit tea or a herb tea, there are loads of different varieties and once you find one you like, you'll quickly get over the 'addiction'...

uh ho...:o

Looks like somebody kicked the Nicotine addiction and now has a caffeine addiction!! :roll: :D

Does it keep you awake at nights? :D

Yeah, i'm now on ere til 4:30 am :(

I think you could do with a trip to the supermarket to buy some decaff teabags hon.

Then you can separate your 'replacing ciggies with tea' issue from your 'getting addicted to caffeine' issue and just enjoy the tea when you want it.

Hopefully you'll be able to cut it down gradually once you're over the kicking the tobacco bit- well done on that by the way. *hugs*

Well all you tea addicts need to be careful when you go abroad; you can never find a decent cuppa and it would be a real nightmare for you going cold turkey :)

Tell me about it!

I've been a serious tea addict since being a small child, and was seriously dismayed at the lack of said beverage when on holiday in the Med a few years ago.

Available cups of tea were few and far between, and what was served up hardly merited the name 'tea' in any case. God, I suffered on that holiday - they were 2 of the longest weeks of my life! Couldn't wait to get back to Blighty!

Never again will I go abroad without copious amounts of tea bags in my luggage!

StarSparkle

I never knew you guys are such tea connoisseurs. Impressive ! :)

I drink tea quite a bit, religiously in the morning and the odd few in the day now.

I decided for 1 days I would "detox" on the tea and give it a miss...cue a migraine! Which just goes to show how depandant our system becomes on it.