for the first time in years I took a day off coffee last week. the next cup I had was like coming up on a hard drug, I was all euphoric and shit, full of energy. I repeated the experiment only I took two days off and the results were basically the same. today was my first coffee since Thursday, and it's fucking awesome.
I don't know why I hadn't tried this sooner, shit's amazing
it also has me thinking about how much I enjoy my body's reaction to fulfilling an addiction, as opposed to the reaction to continued use of the addictive substance. my first beer of the day is great, then it's diminishing returns as the night goes on. when I was a smoker I quit for like 3 days and that first cigarette back was the best one of my life.
I guess that's a pretty good indicator of an addictive personality?