budding coffee addiction
I was not yet 8 when my mother fell ill and taught me to make her coffee. She’d always been upfront about her addiction. It was clear that any meaningful early morning conversation must be prefaced by at least one cup. And so I limited my consumption lest I become a junkie someday as well.
Over the years, I used coffee to curry her favor and her ire (as a “rebellious” teen I feigned a developing addiction to piss her off). But even through college, I kept the gateway caffeine overlord at bay. However with my recent enlistment in the corporate rat race, I’m wondering how much of my success was personal will power and how much was due to my emphasis on a strictly afternoon course load. You see, when I was expected last week to be competent at 9 in the morning, I poured myself a big cup and haven’t looked back.
I’m afraid. It’s starting to taste good. Real good.
September 29th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Physical caffeine addictions hardly deserve the name; you can kick by going without for like three days, and the onyly ill effect during detox is a mild headache. (At least, that is my personal experience, though it is basically supported by the wikipedia page.)
More troublesome is that coffee is so damn tasty.
September 30th, 2006 at 12:38 am
jooooooooin uuuuuuuuuuuus.
October 5th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
@todd \”mild\” headache? I felt like my head was in a vise the morning I tried to forgo the joe. I love how you misquote from the wiki description to support your position, eliding mild depression and headache into mild headache. Did that say depression? Unpossible! gj534 told me physical coffee addiction was a joke.
edited for spelling.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:32 am
Haha. I didn’t realize the misquoting was so bad. I wrote a description of the sensations I’ve felt every time I’ve given up coffee for a few weeks, then checked Wikipedia for something else concerning the time that it takes for caffeine to become effective, and noticed a list of similar-sounding symptoms. Sorry if I low-balled very badly; maybe I’ve just been fortunate.