Do You Need Coffee to Survive?

@2wicelot (2945)
September 15, 2011 2:19pm CST
I am asking this question because I have realised over the past few years how it has become 'cool' to drink coffee. There are coffee houses everywhere and people carrying those fancy coffee cups with them all over the place. But then it seems many have become so addicted to coffee it is like they can not function without it. They have to drink coffee in the morning, in the day at night, etc, etc. They have become addicted to it as if they can not survive without it. But I have noticed also they tend to get a bit agitated easily, almost like people who smoke. Do you think there is a problem here? Are you addicted to coffee that bad too and can not do without it? Or do you just enjoy it as any other beverage and it has no effect on your life.
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@manleyjoe (1597)
• United States
15 Sep 11
I do enjoy a good cup of coffee and it does not have to be just for breakfast anymore. I do want it to be decaf and a good Colombian blend. Some of the coffees out there are just floor sweepings to my taste so I don't get many from eating places and coffee shops at the mall and places like that. I must brew my own. I do enjoy also a good cup of green or black tea as well.
@2wicelot (2945)
15 Sep 11
That is interesting. You really know exactly what you want and what you expect from your coffee. But for me I do not really enjoy coffee at all. Same with tea. But I have this colleague who spends the whole day drinking Chinese green tea.
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@manleyjoe (1597)
• United States
16 Sep 11
I have tried the Chinese green tea by Timothy and can't say that it is at the top of my list. I do enjoy a decaf green tea blend by Celestial Seasons. They also have a good black English black tea, also decaf that we enjoy.
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@ajithlal (14716)
• India
9 Apr 13
I like Nescafe coffee and Bru coffee very much.
@Netsbridge (3253)
• United States
15 Sep 11
Coffee to survive? A caffeine addict? I love the smell of coffee, but I drink very little coffee. I can go months without sipping coffee, though I may have the smell of coffee around me. I mostly use coffee as fragrance in my refrigerator or, at times, in air filter.
@2wicelot (2945)
15 Sep 11
I guess you totally do not need coffee to survive. It is good you just enjoy only the smell and not addicted to it.
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26 Sep 11
enjoy coffee when you first time drink coffee you not like coffee taste but after few weeks drink coffee you forgot everythink about its taste
• United States
15 Sep 11
Absolutely! I drink half a pot to a full pot of coffee a day almost every day. but then I don't drink soda anymore either. I used to drink a lot of soda but I switched. I think coffee is better for me than the soda was.
@2wicelot (2945)
15 Sep 11
Wow what a switch. If you drink half a pot to a full pot of coffee a day I wonder how much soda you used to drink previously. But anyway that is a lot of coffee don't you think.
@2wicelot (2945)
15 Sep 11
I agree four cans of soda equals a lot of sugar and some caffeine. Four to six cups of coffee probably equals a lot of caffeine sugar and milk . It is probably better.
• United States
15 Sep 11
well its only 4 to 6 cups really, and I drink water the rest of the time. Before I was probably drinking about 4 cans of soda a day on average, which was a lot, and way worse than drinking even a full pot of coffee a day would be.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Sep 11
I like an occasional coffee. I don't usually have one because I am not up in the morning. I stay up late so I don't have a morning. I drink Dr.Pepper for a pick me up during the day. I do love a Latte and I get a 'Milky Way' when I go out somewhere. Have to stop at Moxie Java for a cup of joe. I am addicted to those.
@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
I see you drink quite a lot of caffeine filled stuff in your day. I am guessing milky way may have caffeine too, . Me no coffee for me.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
More caffeine then.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Sep 11
Yes, basically a Milky Way is a carmel mocha latte.
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@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
15 Sep 11
For the longest time, I was never a coffee drinker. I like the smell of it in coffee shops, but I always take my caffeine from Diet Coke. Early this year, I started out drinking coffee because I found out that my Diet Coke couldn't keep me up straight after lunch anymore. I would always be yawning, and getting all sleepy in the afternoon. So yes, I do need coffee now to survive.
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@2wicelot (2945)
15 Sep 11
That is strange. I never thought diet coke would provide caffeine to keep you awake. I think everyone has their dosage. I know someone who could stay awake from drinking tea. Weird. Well I guess you are now a coffee person.
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@2wicelot (2945)
15 Sep 11
So observations are correct. Coffee people are irritable and easily agitated
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
15 Sep 11
Yes, I am. And a more irritable person too.
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@keihimekawa (2009)
• Philippines
16 Sep 11
Well, I really can't say if I'm addicted to it. I drink coffee 3-6 times a day. I love purchasing them from various coffee shops but then, I can live a day without coffee but as much as possible, I drink at least 1 cup per day (at a minimum). I just drink coffee for the pure enjoyment of it. But there are times when I feel something's missing if I don't have at least one cup of coffee :D As per your observation about coffee being the "in" thing today, that is just so true. I remember there are times when my friends and I passed by a Starbucks shop and though there are free seats inside, people rather sit outside while enjoying a small cap of frappe, their legs crossed and chatting merrily :P These past few years, coffee somewhat became a status symbol of some sort.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
You are not too addicted to it although you drink it a lot. I think you nailed it on the head when you said coffee from coffee shops are now a status symbol. I see people put the fancy coffee cups on their desks and hold it with them when they move around.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
It could be tea next year. There are some smart marketing people out there who know how to corner the market. I have friend who drinks green tea all day so I guess there is already a market for that.
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• Philippines
16 Sep 11
So true. Well, as long as people enjoy themselves, let them do whatever they want with coffees. Lol! It's just amazing that the coffee boom really hit people big time. Tea shops are slowly emerging along side the coffee boom these days, who knows, maybe next year the next "in" thing would be teas :P
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@sylvia13 (1850)
• Nelson Bay, Australia
16 Sep 11
No, I definitely don't need coffee to survive! I rather drink tea or a hot chocolate if it's winter, but I think walking around with those fancy coffee cups is just a way of showing off and I don't need to do that! It is just a fashion which will soon give way to the next fashionable thing!
@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
You are really into coffee. You must have got addicted to it. There is a response above where someone says they think the next fashion statement would be tea because tea houses are springing up these days. And there are fancy teas like green tea, red tea and the likes. I have a colleague who spends the whole day drinking green tea. So I guess there is already some kind of market for fashionable tea.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
15 Sep 11
drink my coffee in the moring nevr effects me like some others that i know. I like it and good to warm up with on cold morings but if I run out I dont hav eot run to the store right then to get some. Coke cola was worse I drank it al th e time day and night then all of a sudden I just stopped I might have a soda every 6 months then just one and thats it Mostly drink water
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
16 Sep 11
they told me to drink more and its hard but with some coffee I do get more in the morning drink water thru the day and night its to help my kidneys to stay open and not close up the blood flow as I just had more stents in 3 weeks ago. only thing I think I am addicted to is cigs.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
Water is good for the kidneys. Cigs may be not as good.
@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
You are not addicted to coffee at all. But I think water is the best. Water is my best drink.
@wrangel15 (1443)
• Philippines
16 Sep 11
I love drinking coffee but I only drink when going out with my friends. They may be delicious but I'll tell it is expensive. Even the cheaper ones. Therefore, it is not practical for me to buy coffee all the time since the price of one coffee is one meal already. I'd rather choose to buy for something to eat instead.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
Good idea. I think buying a meal is more beneficial than buying a fancy coffee.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
Water is my best choice.
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@wrangel15 (1443)
• Philippines
16 Sep 11
True. Actually there are free coffee in my office but I think drinking water or milk is healthier that's why I choose to drink the latter.
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@kingparker (9673)
• United States
16 Sep 11
Gosh, I am afraid that I am also addicted to coffee myself too, since I have to drink it everyday morning, it is like a habit already. I think I can survive without it, I can switch to green tea anytime I want, have my fingers crossed that will work for substitute of coffee. Actually, everyday morning, I can have a glass of water for my breakfast before I head out for work. But while at work, I must have a cup of coffee though.
@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
You sure drink a lot of coffee though I would not say you need coffee to survive. I have a colleague who spends the whole day drinking green tea. I guess that is very good for him. Me I drink soda but I like water best.
• Indonesia
16 Sep 11
hi 2wicelot i addicted to drink coffee. i don't know why. if i wasn't drink coffee, my body so weak. if not coffee, i must drink something sweet.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
It seems you need some caffeine to kick start you. Caffeine and may be some sugar as well. That is quite and addiction.
• Indonesia
17 Sep 11
well, yesterday i was read about a caffeine effect and what sugar for. i scare, but i can't stop it. my mother got a diabetes cause he have same addicted with me. he like sugar, he can't live without sugar until he got diabetes.
• United States
16 Sep 11
Drinking coffee certainly seems to affect the body chemically and get the blood moving. There is a pyschologically element about it too. The body seems to think it has to have it after a while. On the days I don't have it, I feel that I am suppose to feel sluggish. I had to avoid coffee for a week or so to reduce the acid reflux I had. It was almost making me sick, just because I was having it on an empty stomach. When I cut it out of my morning routine, I found other alternatives to coffee and found out that I had just as much energy. I guess some of it is mind over matter.
@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
It seems over time with constant drinking of coffee the body changes to the effects of the coffee. But I think you are in better shape now that you don't drink it as much as before.
• Philippines
16 Sep 11
I am an average coffee drinker, I do get agitated easily, and I tend to be jumpy even with slight movement or sound. I abstained from drinking caffeine drinks when I had hyperacidity, before. When I got better, I found that I can no longer last a day without having at least two cups of coffee. To date, I can drink a total of 6 caffeine drinks, so I can say I am a caffeine addict but not coffee addict alone.
@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
It seems you find a way to get your daily dosage of caffeine and not just from coffee.
@ferbjohn69 (1127)
• Philippines
16 Sep 11
Coffee is delicious.It is a stimulant so it is very important to nocturnal workers.I drink a glass of coffee everyday,but I can live without it.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
It is good that you can live without therefore you are not addicted to it.
@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
I think it varies from person to person. Some may get addicted to it and same may not.
• Philippines
16 Sep 11
Although I drink a glass a day,I don't get addicted.I don't know why many get addicted to coffee when I think there is no reason to be.it tastes just like normal.Lol
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@GemmaR (8517)
15 Oct 11
I don't need coffee, and I don't understand why so many other people feel as though it is something that they have to have in their systems every day. If we simply made the effort to organise our days so that we could have enough sleep to prepare us for the next day, then we would not need to drink things to give us the energy to get through the day. If you need a cup of coffee every so often then that's okay, but I don't think that anybody should ever get to the point where they're relying on it to get through the day.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Oct 11
People inadvertently get addicted to coffee over a period of time. And some people it seems can not get to sleep at night so they probably need the coffee to stay awake.
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@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
16 Sep 11
I do love the taste of coffees but I am not addicted to them. I drink them once in a while when I feel like it. But yes I have noticed people these days are so into coffees and they say they can't get through their day with their number of coffees. I have this friend and he is always drinking coffee. I have no idea how he gets his sleep. Coz for me, one cup of coffee in the evening and I cannot go to sleep Anything done over the limit is a problem and I feel drinking too much coffee is being a problem for some people.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
It has become fashionable these days to drink coffee and people are getting quite addicted to it. It is good you are not addicted to it.
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@ckciasigurl (2081)
• Italy
16 Sep 11
hi 2wicelot i do love drinking coffee so i think i need an coffee to survive in my daily living having a coffee is a part of my daily activity of daily living already , as a student and i have a duty 11 7 i think i really need to drink coffee to refuse sleeping and have a duty at night shift because of this it is important to me , yes i am addicted to coffee
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
That is some very long hours you have there. You seem to need the coffee to cope. Hope it doesn't affect you too much.
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@nezavisima (7408)
• Bulgaria
16 Sep 11
if I need coffee sometimes other times not. I like to drink coffee at 10:00 and sometimes drink coffee when it hurts an awful lot of head. depends on how much time I have verem and whether you drink it in peace because I hate to drink coffee like water fast I want to drink safely and enjoy it. nice day!
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
So you like to drink your coffee slowly sipping it and savouring every drop. Very nice and sophisticated if I may say so. It is a good thing you are not addicted to it and you can choose when and when not to have it.
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@TenzhoLee (193)
• Malaysia
16 Oct 11
I don't drink coffee, People said that drinking coffee will make will more awake. But when I drink coffee, I feel more asleep, I have no idea.
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Oct 11
Some people have the opposite reaction to coffee. It makes them sleep rather than stay awake.
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• Mexico
16 Sep 11
I do have noticed noticed how nice it has become to go around the streets holding a cup of starbucks coffee. I use to drink some when I know I'm going to stay up all the night. But I don't drink it all the time, because it doesn't allow me to sleep in then night :( and it looks so freaky
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@2wicelot (2945)
16 Sep 11
I agree with you. You drink it only to help you stay awake at night when you need and it is not a fashion statement or a status symbol.