You Might be a Caffeine Addict
Caffeine is a drug, a perfectly legal drug, but still a drug in the sense that it is a stimulant. The question is just how well each of us handles this drug and how much we let it affect our lives. At what point does drinking our coffee become something we depend on to function more than something we enjoy? Do you need a cup of coffee in the morning to wake you up enough to deal with life? Are you unable to function until you get that daily dose of caffeine? Do you need another cup and then another and still another to keep you going?
Do you need a cup of coffee before you can see your way to the breakfast table? Do you make sure you have your commuter cup with you but forget your briefcase? Do you have to leave early so you can stop at the coffee bar to refill before you get to work? Do you go to the break room to fill it up again before you greet your coworkers? Do you cry if the coffee pot is empty? If you do any or all of these things, then you just might be a caffeine addict.
Of course, you can’t possibly be an addict because you’re a connoisseur, a true appreciator of the elixir of the bean. You’re not drinking multiple cups of coffee because you need the caffeine. You’re drinking it for the flavor, not because it gets you wired you could run the whole office by yourself. You just want the very best cup of coffee you can possibly get. So go ahead, keep searching for that perfect cup of coffee at the end of the brown rainbow. However, if you start acting like Garfield, you’d better switch to tea—or even water.
brewed on Feb 14th, 2010
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