I have a problem with coffee.
Ok, I admit it. I’m addicted. In fact, I’m writing this at a coffee shop with a cup of java at my side.
I’m not sure how it happened. I mean, I’ve always liked coffee, sure, but I’ve never needed it. Not like my post-college roommate who turned into someone you wouldn’t want to cross paths with in a dark alley if she didn’t get her regular dose of caffeine. Seriously. Once we were at the mall near our apartment and she had to stop for a cup of coffee just to perk up enough to shop.
Now, I don’t think I’m that bad (I really hope not anyway). But I have experienced the coffee-deprived headache and the blessed afternoon pick-me-up from a jolt of joe.
What has really clued me in that maybe, just maybe, I have a coffee problem, is the insomnia I seemed to have developed recently. At day’s end I’m exhausted but, when I put my head on my pillow and my body begs for sleep, my mind keeps going, spinning like a hamster wheel.
Add in a teething toddler and I’m an incoherent mess. (I’m surprised I can actually put two words together right now.) Forget any function that requires the slightest bit of brain power. My sleep-deprived, caffeine-overloaded brain can’t handle it. Clearly, this is not a way to live.
So, I’m embarking on my own Coffee 12 Step program. I’m not actually sure what those steps are but I think it starts with switching to decaf, which, by the way, is what’s in my paper mug right now.
Think I can kick it? What habits do you want to kick? Let’s kick ‘em together!
Exactly what happened to me last night. Was lying in bed for an hour thinking about being a publicist to a musician I love (no I’m not a publicist and no I’m not even sure what one does) even though I desperately wanted to go to sleep. It was the same position I’ve found myself in numerous times lately, but I can’t stop with my 2:30pm coffee break. I need an intervention. Right after you and I get together for an afternoon coffee date:)!
Just let me know the time and place for that coffee date. 😉
I LOOOOOOOVE the taste of coffee. But caffeine totally bites me in the @ss. I did like you and switched to decaf, and now I can drink as many cups as I want and not be wide awake. That said, I’ve also recently become enamored of tea. Just a little cuppa has just the right little kick so that I’m not lassoing sheep all night long.
Okay so Amanda, you and I need a mid afternoon coffee together. I guess we could decaf it, but so not fun!