"Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
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> Richard Kaszeta wrote:
>
> > I recommend shaking the addiction. Due to a very bad run-in with acid
> > reflux, I pretty much had to give coffee up cold turkey for almost a
> > year.
> >
> > After a month of not drinking it (which was a bit rough), I found that
> > my energy level was much better (and my stomach and esophagus were
> > much happier), and that I actually functioned better without morning
> > stimulants.
> >
> > I'm back into drinking it, but only on an occasional basis, and find
> > that I am now enjoying it a lot more than I used to (and, on the rare
> > occasions that I do need a pick-me-up, it's a *lot* more effective
> > than it used to be).
>
>
> Have you found any social repercussions to not drinking coffee as
> opposed to health ones? I'm the odd person who never started drinking
> coffee in the first place. My parents drank coffee, and I assumed I'd
> start drinking it in my teens as everyone else does except that I never
> grew to like it. I'd taste it, say bleah, and go several more years
> before tasting it again. At 46, the closest I ever come to coffee is
> coffee ice cream, and even there, I prefer other flavors.
>
>
> From time to time, I run into a situation where I'm the duck out of
> water for not wanting coffee. Maybe someone will think I'm being picky
> or high maintenance for asking for tea, or they'll think I'm a health
> nut and looking down my nose at them for drinking it. Most recently, my
> boss at work is nice as he can be when he goes to Starbuck's for coffee
> and asks the part timers if we'd like anything. I always say no and
> wonder if I'm being unsociable.
>

Starbucks does have tea! But anyone who gives a second thought - or even a
first one - to your not drinking coffee has a problem of their own.


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