The morning buzz Ah coffee. I liken it to alcohol in the sense that either you drink it, or you don't, and people feel pretty strongly about it both ways. Is it a drug? Yes, I think so. Is it addicting? Well, so they say. Lucky for me I don't have a very addicting personality (no really, I don't). I only started drinking it in small quantities once in awhile. I recall a good tasting cup out of Lenore's kitchen in college, taking some to work once in awhile for my 33.2 mile commute into Providence. Soon I graduated to having a quarter to half a cup a day filling my brightly colored fiestaware mugs after my little one was born. It still made me jitterly to have more than that. When I moved to a full cup a day plus it started taking a toll on my overly sensitive digestive tract. Caffine is a bit of a laxitive. I decided I didn't like it so much and just stopped drinking it for weeks. I was a little tired, but honestly, no more than usual. I didn't crave it or want it at all. I think it was more of a habit than an addiction.
My husband was still drinking it though and there was leftover so I decided I'd have an iced coffee after 7pm. NOT a great idea. I wasn't jittery, but I was up way past midnight and before I went to bed contemplated all the household chores I could get done if I didn't bother to sleep. Then I figured if I got tired in the morning I'd just have another coffee. This is where the 'addiction' sets in with people I think. You're missing your little buzzing motivation and when it subsides, you try to get it back. Only it takes more and more each time to get equal the first. Sounds familiar. This can easily be likened to drugs or alcohol. Only, this ones legal and widely socially acceptable. And aparently, very profitable, as most addictive and unnecessary substances are. Food for thought.