My Name is Casey, and I'm an Addict.

It's what gets me out of bed in the morning.  I feel a surge of excitement just thinking about it. The smell of it gives me goosebumps and the taste of it sends me on a magic carpet ride. When it's gone, I yearn for more. And I'd rather be miserable with it in my life than healthy without it.

I am, of course, talking about coffee.

All day, errday

Sometimes I think coffee was put on this planet to complete those of us who never believed in soul mates.  I feel lost without it... literally, I cannot see straight... I cannot think straight...  Days when I realize the coffee canister is empty and I don't have enough time to run to the nearest Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks before work are the days I contemplate if life is worth living.

No matter how many articles I read about limiting one's caffeine intake or switching to tea (it's the healthier option!) or giving it up just on the weekends... I can't leave it. I can't and I don't want to. I won't.

As for tea as the healthier "option"... Yeah, Imma call bullshit.  I'm a tea lover as well.  It's soothing, delicious, comforting. But it is nothing, I repeat, nothing, like coffee. Even that extra caffeinated Awake stuff- nope, not the same. It's not coffee.

I <3 you.

I may not believe in that one perfect person for each of us... But I certainly believe in that one... perfect cup o' joe.