Coffee Addiction - Are You an Addict?

[Claire]

Isn't drinking coffee to this degree another form of self medicating? I dont like coffee but I used to drink coke a lot. I gave it up but have recently fallen off the wagon!
I gave it up in an attempt to get better sleep. Its a stimulant after all. I was already massively hyper all on my own without any extra help.

So here's a question, why do you guys all drink so much coffee?

 

[Cole]

83% for me. It's probally gone down since Bec moved. I got a job at Timmy's to support my habit and people like Bec keep my job safe!!!LOL

 

[Marlene]

So here's a question, why do you guys all drink so much coffee?

Well, for me it's mostly in the morning that I drink coffee. It helps me wake up and function. Yeah, another addiction...probably. But without it I'm pretty much a royal bitch in the morning. More so than usual anyway. More than 3 cups and my stomach gets upset so my body sets the limit to what I drink.

If I have a headache I try to drink some coffee along with taking acetametaphin or ibuprofen. It helps for some reason.

Lisa

 

[anthony]

I'm working on getting to your level bec.... maybe if I grind my own at home or have an expresso machine here or the like... that might improve my score I dare say!!!

 

[kers]

why do you guys all drink so much coffee?

Because I'm up all night, scared. I rarely drink coffee after ten in the morning, but I guzzle it until then to get my butt going for work. When I'm home in the summers, I just have one mug--but I'm mightly slow moving and sleepy for most of the day.

 

[Deleted member 541]

Why do we drink so much coffee???? 2 things I can think about.

1) I was an alcoholic, and usually when you are in recovery for some reason, coffee with tons of sugar is the choice.

2) I am a B**** on wheels without it. Not even human. Don't talk to me, look at me, or breath around me in the morning until I have had at least 2 cups....

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm coffee

 

[anthony]

Isn't drinking coffee to this degree another form of self medicating?

Yes... but shit, I have given up everything else, ie. coca cola by the bucket load, smokes, rarely alcohol... gotta die of something. Even those who are fitness fanatics, you could say are addicted to fitness, which is bad in itself and has killed lots of people, yet people don't see fitness as a bad thing, yet it can if abused.

Everything can be abused, but I believe it has to do with the severity off which counts a lot. If someone says to me they smoke or drink alcohol all day, that is bad... but if they drink tea, coffee, water, cordial, etc all day, that is far better than smoking or alcohol IMHO.

 

[Claire]

Yeah, i totally agree Anthony and yes not a bad vice to have! :biggrin: The only thing I think is silly is when people drink caffeine all day and then have sleep problems. PTSD is bad enough without exaggerating some of its symptoms willingly.

 

[Marlene]

Yes... but shit, I have given up everything else

Love that line! Said it a lot myself. I don't smoke, no partying, no drugs, one beer and I'm ready for nighty-night. Hell, I even limit my intake of sugar. All I have left is coffee!

I've always said the two vices I won't give up are my coffee and my cussing. Of all of the habits I picked up in the army, those are the two that stuck. LOL

Lisa

 

[Nicolette]

Well, given what I have read to date and the fact that I don't drink coffee or coke, rarely drink alcohol, don't smoke and don't do drugs I think I need to find myself an addiction :loopy:

Interesting though, I used to drink about 12 cups of coffee a day when one morning I made the usual cup and it made me throw up. For 3 -4 months after that I could not be in the same room as someone making coffee or drinking it as the smell made me nauseous. It's years down the track now and while I can make a coffee for someone if I try and drink it I spend hours shaking being unable to write with a pen or type. Apparently, for no obvious reason, a substance can build up in your system and then one day you just overload!

 

[anthony]

The only thing I think is silly is when people drink caffeine all day and then have sleep problems.

Totally agree Claire, well said. I don't have sleep problems, but if I did, I wouldn't drink coffee. I go to bed with nic every night, get up with her in the morning. We both usually work or watch some tv together until 9 - 10pm, then bed.

I am a night owl, though coffee doesn't do it to me. Whether I drink it or not, I can stay up all night, every night if required, and live on a few hours sleep. I believe that is more the 10 years military that did that to me. But I drink coffee all day, no issues sleeping... feel great.

I must agree though, that if anyone drinks a lot of coffee and they have sleep problems, maybe you want to try giving it up and seeing whether sleep improves or not... take up another addictive trait that isn't too harmful to yourself... ie. not alcohol or drugs.

 

[fatherof3]

I'm 58% addicted, but that will probably go up to 110% when I start school.