It amazes me..

[victicious]

caffeine's ability to completely transform my mood. I hadn't been drinking coffee hardley at all lately, and shoot, I've been missing out. I woke up in a horrible mood, and now, 10 minutes and a big cup of coffee later, I'm just as happy as can be! I wonder if drinking caffeine once a day is unhealthy?

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[rockettestar]

Well vic...caffeine is a drug, so of course it alters you somehow. If you are unhappy,and then take caffeine to make you happy- its the same as drinking,smoking, or doing drugs. I guess its where you draw the line but i consider being hooked and dependent on caffine the same as being hooked on alcohol or drugs.

caffine is good for you in moderation...just like sugar and salt...but when you need it to feel good-well...gee...

plus you have trouble sleeping and drinking caffine is not helping.

"Caffeine may be the most commonly consumed pharmacologically active substance in the world," Klebanoff says. It's such a powerful stimulant that the International Olympic Committee and the National Collegiate Athletic Association set limits on how much caffeine can remain in the blood during competition. In addition to boosting physical endurance, caffeine increases alertness and improves mood.

The buzz sometimes comes at a price, though. People who drink more than they're used to may become restless, jittery, and unable to sleep. Moreover, it's possible to become physically addicted to caffeine within a matter of days. After that, some people find that unless they keep up their usual daily consumption, they develop a splitting headache.

Anxiety. Some evidence suggests that people with anxiety problems tend to feel better when they avoid caffeine.

Understand, though, that if you drink coffee on a daily basis--even as little as a cup or two--you'll likely become habituated to its effects. Harvard's Stampfer says he tries to keep his coffee drinking irregular enough to avoid habituation. "That way, I can get a buzz when I feel like it."

Main Entry: ha·bit·u·a·tion
Pronunciation: -"bi-ch&-'wA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the process of habituating : the state of being habituated
2 a : tolerance to the effects of a drug acquired through continued use b : psychological dependence on a drug after a period of use

[rockettestar]

but really...I have no place to talk- I eat fast food.

[victicious]

That is so true, just the fact that I'm dependant on anything is lame, and I haven't just decided to settle with that. I do disagree that it is no different from drinking or smoking weed for this reason - when is someone is drunk or stoned, they are less aware of reality than when they are intoxicated, which is why they get like that in the first place, to forget about reality and get caught up in this simplified little disconnected world that being wasted provides. Me (and others who are addicted to caffeine) on the other hand, are trying to escape from a similar state, the lethargic, disconnected state of not feeing awake into being alert and alive and seeing reality more clearly, there's a very legitimate reason behind why I drink coffee..

But still, I don't like the fact that I now need it to feel normal, just how I would have felt if I never got into it in the first place, that bothers me. Thanks for posting that for me. I appreciate that you'll always tell me if you think I'm ever off in any way