I suppose the main difference between alcohol and caffeine is that most people only offer alcohol on social occasions. However, they offer coffee all the time — at business meetings, when you’re waiting for someone, and so on.

I know of one or two politicians who make a point of drinking only fruit juices on the campaign trail; otherwise, they’d drink a dozen cups a day as they go from event to event.

I got rid of my caffeine addiction some time ago, too, and am now a tea drinker as well, exclusively. The range of available tastes, all having different effects on one’s mood and energy distribution, surpasses the nature of coffee by many times.

The same thing goes for nicotine and alcoholic beverages as well: having been a user of both a few years ago, I don’t miss them nowadays. Once you got rid of the habit, there’s no urge to take in these non-natural substances.

The social problem with not drinking alcohol, however, is in my experience worse than with coffee, at least here in Germany. But well, that’s no reason not to abstain from drinking it.

On thing I still have to work on, though, is taking regular pauses with some gymnastics when working on the computer.

I enjoy your posts!

Best wishes,

Leslie