It has been the greatest buster to fight diabetes bringing me down (feel tired). Coffee crank the engine and keeps me running. That's my plan, coffee up and pedal to the metal every day until the heart attack send me off with flying colors !!

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.