I went a couple years drinking only tea, which worked out well, but about 6 months ago I had a glass of iced coffee and spent the whole morning cleaning. It felt good to get things done.
I’ve recently given up coffee and now feel super anxious. I’m hoping it’s just a withdrawal symptom.
But like you said, that first coffee you have after being off it can rope you back in. Then you just build a tolerance to it and it does more harm than good, at least to some people.
I was abusing it and it nearly led me to hypomania. Now I drink decaffeinated and cocoa milk. As Gollum said try decaf or substitute it again with tea or something else. Withdrawal symptoms are mostly headache and sleepiness but go away after 10 days