My SO keeps joking with me (half-joking, I think) that I'm addicted to coffee, but I'm starting to think maybe he's right!
It really hit me this morning when I found myself hiding my coffee cup from Dunkin' Donuts in the outside garbage can so that SO wouldn't see it - I was like "Whoa I'm like an alcoholic hiding an empty liquor bottle." I was laughing at myself, and in reality, SO wouldn't actually care, but he'd roll his eyes and be like, "You had coffee at home this morning, now you won't sleep tonight and you'll complain about anxiety."
I just love coffee, and I crave it. I usually have two cups in the morning before leaving for work, and then I'll grab a medium or large cup from the cafe down the street from my office during the day. If I drink it too late in the day, it'll keep me up at night, and if I drink too much, I'll get jittery. But I just enjoy having a cup of coffee to sip! In a bad mood? Coffee will perk me up! Need a breather from work? I can walk to get a cup of coffee! Cold? Wrapping my hands around a hot mug of coffee will warm me up!
I'm probably going to switch to half-caff or decaf for at least one or two of my daily cups. Sigh.
Do you think you could give up coffee if you had to for some reason?