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Arguably my favorite beverage, coffee for me is like a handle in a shower to an old obese person...I need it. A cnn.com article titled, 'Beware the Perils of Caffeine Withdrawal" warns of the dangers of the cutting back on the drug in coffee.

After telling the story of a mom who drinks 4 cups a day and a consultant who will drink up to 3 they went into the many side effects of withdrawal.

I find the idea of "drugs" in food very enticing, but usually do not buy into them. I've had an oyster-nothing, chocolate-nope, artichoke-they taste good but still no. Coffee, on the other hand, is a drug for me. Every morning-rainy, weekday, weekend, late, hot, snowy- I have to drink the stuff.

While this yuppie from FL was talking about cutting back on his "up to 3 cups a day" I can easily do a pot (12c I think). Well low and behold I had a couple serious dizzy spells fall of 2008 and when at the doctor's office, I was ordered to lower my blood pressure = no caffeine. Well I gave up the stuff cold turkey and paid dearly. I had a headache for 48 hours- continuously. That's right, I went to bed with a headache and woke up with a headache. It sucked.


I have since adopted coffee as my stimulant and I do not plan to leave it again. It motivates me and it's awesome with a cinnamon bun. Plus cool people, like Italians down the stuff right?