jark.jark said:
nairb1582 said:
It has no other addictive properties than deliciousness, so any addiction is just your lack of self control.
That's ignorant. Read this: James, JE; Stirling, KP (1983). "Caffeine: A summary of some of the known and suspected deleterious effects of habitual use". British Journal of Addiction 78 (3)
Try to provide a link next time.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1379731/
I personally believe a far better and more concise summary is found on Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
While caffeine does have numerous side effects regarding overdose and prolonged use, it has no chemically addictive properties. Withdrawal effects are caused by the sudden lack of adenosine, and adrenaline in the body. All they include are headaches and drowsiness. But more importantly, the withdrawal effects are only precipitated caused by a complete chemical absence of caffeine in the first place. Hell, with the amount of caffeine consumption involved it's likely he developed a tolerance to caffeine anyway, and the energy high is just placebo effect. So, in other words, my advice remains wholly viable: just exercise some self control and drink less. Now please stop forcing me to back up my bravado with actual scientific evidence.