2004-09-16 - 9:39 a.m.

Caffiene

Hi, My Name is Bingoguy and I'm a caffiene addict.

I say this because I've noticed something lately. I can't seem to make it through the day without drinking coffee.

The strangest thing is I never used to drink it. A long time ago, probably when I was a young teenager, I tried the coffee my parents made. It was the most disgusting swill I had ever tasted that I could understand how ANYONE drank coffee. Nowadays, I drink coffee, basically, on a daily basis. I think the turn around for me came with the expansion of the lengendary $tarbuck$. It finally made it to the city I was living to at the time. It was the latest trend and since there was one within walking distance from work, it was fast became a ritual for some. I still could drink normal coffee but I found a bastardized coffee I didn't mind drinking and that was a Cafe Mocha.

I've ALWAYS liked Hot Chocolate. I've never denied what kind of sugar fiend I am. Being the person I am to try most anything once. I gave Mochas a try and I found I like them. Of course, working for near minimum wage and trying to buy Mochas on a daily basis ,well, was a little too much for my pocketbook. At this point, I obviously wasn't addict because I returned to being a non-coffee drinker. It wasn't until about six years ago, after a couple of year hiatus, I returned to Bingo Calling full time, except it was still boring and one could easily fall asleep I need a boost. I started to drink coffee. The caffiene gave me that extra boost I needed to stay away for 8 hours a day droning on and on to a roomful of people who weren't listening to me but sure hell noticed if I stopped talking because I'd fallen asleep. There's nothing quite like getting woken up by having a dabber throw at your head by an 97 year old grandmother. Talk about embarassing.

I think the solidification (is that word? Well, it is now) of my addiction really came when I started dating Veronica. It was then I was introduced to Tim H0rton's Mochas. Well, These babies aren't as expensive as the $tarbuck$ Cafe Mochas. Add to that I was making better money and you have the making of a new ritual. The fact that Timmy's has a drive thru. Makes it even easier to feed the addiction.

Now, I really can't go a day without it. I started off drinking coffee only at work but I noticed on my days off I was sleeping way too much. I'm sure it was partially depression (Which is well documented in my archives, if one cares to sift through the crap.) but I also realized I was suffering from the down of the lack of caffiene in my system.

Definitely, Caffiene has made me two distinct people. Caffiene Bingoguy is alert and pretty much a get the job done kind of guy. Non-Caffiene Bingoguy is comatose. You don't get much more extreme than that.

I'll admit though, I'm not a complete addict, yet. I still don't own my coffee maker. Probably because I'd have to invest in an equal amount of hot chocolate so I could make my very own Mochas. If I ever do cave into my addiction and buy a coffee maker I think I'll buy one that make individual cups because at this point I only drink multiple cups of coffee at work. When I'm not at work I only seem to need one or two cups.

Of course, if I ever want to give up coffee I'll have to find a way to wake myself up in the morning. One alternative would be to buy a house on Juddhole's block. That way I could have a Marching Band wake me up at 7:30AM.

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