I usually have either a cup of coffee or a latte once a day. Very rarely will I have more than one, but let's say once a week it does happen. So 7-9 cups of coffee or latte drinks a week.
Throw in a few soft drinks a week and I'm sufficiently addicted to caffeine. It started out slow, and I used to be able to go without it with no side effects.
Now, if I don't have a cup of coffee in the morning I'm irritable. If I go more than 36 hours I get pretty intense headaches that don't subside for another 36 hours and I need a few naps.
It makes me function a lot better; I hate the feeling of being addicted to it, but I know I am. At the rate I drink it I don't think it's detrimental to my health, so stopping doesn't seem reasonable to me. If I start to get up to 2-3 cups a day maybe I'll re-assess my position.
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