Addiction

I've always been cautious in my consumption of coffee. As much as I love the taste, and the caffeine hit of a good espresso-based coffee. Whilst on holiday in Turkey last Christmas, I had to restrict myself to just one a day, otherwise I would have a) gotten addicted to it, and b) not been able to sleep at night. :) Otherwise, I try to only drink coffee if I need the caffeine, or if I want to treat myself to a store-bought one (as opposed to instant coffee powder and granules).

Recently, however, the requirement to work some crazy hours (including being 'on-call' on a Sunday) has played cruel jokes on my body clock, so I've been relying more and more on coffee to get me through the day and keep me awake. This is compounded by the fact that the client's office where we are stationed, has a nescafe coffee machine, so you get lattes and cappucinos at the touch of a button, FOC! I decided last week to reduce the amount of coffee I consume from that machine (things that cause creamer to artificially foam cannot be good for your body) but I think the seeds of an addiction to coffee have been planted.

I had a headache for quite a while last weekend, and again yesterday. but I've yet to establish for certain whether it's caffeine-related.