At University, had to work nights to pay my tuition.

I never started drinking coffee. I'm already hyper enough off to Mt. Dew.

In high school. I was working 6 nights a week and getting up for school.

I lived with my grandmother for a while when I was a kid.
I can always remember that smell waking up.
Back then they used a percolator, I don't know if any one uses those any more.
Any way, I tried a cup, with cream, ( no sugar, I hate the taste of it). I thought is was really good.
Been a coffee drinker ever since.

When I started college. I drink it black most of the time.

Don't you know ice cream only comes in a single serving container...it may be large, but it is still a single serving.

Years ago I started dating a waitress that worked nights. Now I drink coffee, I don't know what happened to her.

Every summer during my high school years I went off to a childrens summer camp as a counselor. Those summers I lived on black coffee. I didnt like it, but needed the boost to keep up with 1st through 6th graders. I've been drinking it ever since, but in my 20s I doctored it up for a better flavor. Love my vanilla. Lol

Your first sentence was me until about 6 years ago (58 years old) I started drinking coffee to help curb my appetite, I also started rock climbing. I lost 40 pounds that year. The doctor said it was "the new girlfriend, endorphins help you lose weight".

Never .

i started drinking coffee when i began my second full-time job, as a switchboard operator for a d.c. saving and loan association. we got 15-minute coffee breaks and there was nothing i could do during them BUT drink coffee. i soon found out that one cup was wonderful and two cups gave me what later were identified as severe migraines.

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..never… Coffee was for grownups! It’s an instant high for me, but I've never owned a caffeine (what I actually refer to it as) pot. I do love it’s taste, and will crunch caffeine beans just for the flavor, then the buzz.

I can't exactly remember when I drank coffee for the first time but I was probably around 10-12 years old. It never became a habit for me. I saw that both my parents needed to drink coffee in the morning and thought it was weird that people needed something to drink to wake them up. As long as I get out of bed, I've never had a problem staying awake in the morning. Also the cost adds up over time, so I avoid it.