Alcohol and caffeine artificially change your mood. Isn't your mood an expression of self in the moment? I love them both and I love the way they make me feel for the first 30-60 minutes after consuming them. After that, all bets are off, but that hour of euphoria is terrific.
While drinking my morning cup of French press Columbian after having had a few pops the night before, it occurred to me that what I was doing was changing who I was. Subtly, but still, they change me. That's their whole point.
Wasn't I OK before them?
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| A growler and glass of Legacy Brewing's Hellfire IPA. It's excellent. Well, until you've had too many and then it's not so excellent. |
I drink coffee to enhance a good thing-- wakefulness.
ReplyDeleteAlcohol is a calmer, greasing the skids so to speak.
It's not "you," it's an aspect of "you"-- and if there's nothing you'd like to increase or decrease about yourself, you're either awesome or confused!