#STB Week 92- Is coffee something you drink occasionally or do you consider yourself addicted?

Hello friends, happy start of the week. Today I want to join the weekly community contest and answer your question. This time we are talking about whether coffee is something that I drink occasionally or if I consider myself an addict, and the truth is that it is important to make a distinction between both questions.

To tell the truth, the aroma that permeates my home in the mornings when I prepare coffee is something that I enjoy very much, it makes me feel that I am at home, that it is a new day, it is that first moment of calm in the morning while the busy day begins, occupying a special place in my routine.

But, more than an addiction, I consider it more of a preference. There is a blurred line between the two, especially when it comes to coffee, which is so sensory and so socially used because of its caffeine content.

This is an experience that I savor to the last sip piping hot. Usually, this is how I start my day and by mid-morning I have another one to keep me energized. However, reflecting a little on the word “addiction” I could clearly differentiate my preference.

And the fact is that when talking about the term “addiction” I would be talking about a physical or psychological dependence that can present withdrawal symptoms if I do not consume it and I analyze myself and I know that this does not happen to me. I don't get irritable or have a headache, no, I do miss it, like when I run out of it, but that's as far as it goes, I'm just looking to buy more.

I can go about my daily activities without any problems, maybe less enthusiastic, but I still function heh, heh, heh. My preference with coffee is more related to the pleasure it gives me, either when I drink it listening to my favorite music or with a dessert or food that I like and even organizing my agenda.

It is something that I consume because I like it, because I relate it to moments of calm or company when I share it with other people, especially when I prepare it at home or a reason to talk with friends in a coffee shop.

I do not feel in abstinence to the point that the need to drink coffee controls my decisions or my peace. To the point that if I were forced to not be able to drink coffee for a month, to put a date, I could do it without problems, substituting it with perhaps one more drink. So I know that I would not experience serious withdrawal symptoms.

For me it would only be the absence of something I like, the absence of a daily pleasure, but not a cause of physical discomfort or that involves my emotions. My coffee consumption is moderate, lately I do not drink it at night because of my insomnia and I started taking magnesium.

To conclude, although I like coffee very much and it is part of my daily routine I do not consider myself addicted, my relationship with coffee is based more on taste and choice, one day I want a coffee with milk, another day with chocolate and so on, but it will always be a rich choice and with an intense flavor, which generates enjoyment and freedom to choose the flavor and the amount I want at that moment.

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