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Originally Posted by DrPhil

You don't need to get headaches or an uncomfortable side effect to be addicted to it. You feel as though you need coffee because it gives you a "high."

I rarely drink coffee (maybe once every 5 months) and when I do it's because I like the coffee flavor.

I have never smoked a cigarette but I puffed on a cigar a couple of times (puffed, meaning, puffed out but too paranoid to puff in or inhale...or whatever...LOL--still no fun).

A high? But I'm still in my right frame of mind when do drink it. And I haven't had coffee in a few weeks, because I was using one of my 3 week vacations because of my rotations. I mean, I studied, but I went to bed when I felt sleepy. When I did drink it a lot, that was when I was doing my classroom work. I would think an addict drinks it almost daily, like someone who smokes cigarettes. I didn't drink it like that. I will be when it gets closer to my board exam, but right now, I don't stay up all night like I did during my 1st 2 years of school. Now, I have to perform surgeries, give anesthesia etc. It's hard to do that without any sleep. I mean, I don't even know why anyone would compare coffee to crack, or any of the other illegal drugs. Those drugs not only get you high, they make you do things that you normally wouldn't do, like kill, steal, hurt people, etc, just to get it. And smoking? Ewwww, that's just gross, to me.