1. Start on a weekend. This will allow you to take naps as needed, since your body will be recovering from the caffeine and you are liable to be fatigued.

2. Reduce your caffeine intake. For the first three days (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday), cut your daily intake of coffee, cola, black tea or other caffeinated beverages in half. That means if you usually have four cups of coffee in the morning, you would have two cups of coffee in the morning on Sunday, one cup on Monday and half a cup on Tuesday. Doing this helps you wean your body off the caffeine, which should reduce withdrawal symptoms.

3. Drink green tea. For the next four days (the remainder of the week), you can drink one cup of organic green tea steeped for five minutes in boiling water. You may continue drinking green tea for all its wonderful health and weight benefits.

4. Take vitamin C. Taking 1,000–2,000mg of buffered pure ascorbic acid (vitamin C) powder or capsules may help you detoxify and balance your system.

5. Drink plenty of clean water. You should also drink at least six to eight glasses of filtered water a day, regardless of whether or not you are getting off caffeine. But it is especially important for this process because it will keep your body well hydrated and can reduce headaches and constipation, and flush toxins out of your system.