Michael & Liz are Bloggable

Liz and I don't drink coffee. I love coffee ice cream, I really enjoy the taste of mocha anything, but I've never gotten into coffee. Mainly because I'm pretty sure that if I did, I'd turn into an addict who needed it all the time. That's part of the reason why I make New Year's Resolutions to not drink soda, because otherwise I'd chug a few a day. Nothing is more delicious, day or night, than downing a quick can of the juice, commonly referred to as Mountain Dew. So I wanted to preface what I'm about to say with the fact that I understand the feeling.

People seemingly addicted to coffee drive me absolutely nuts. The prime example is this McDonald's commercial. Just watching it drives me up the wall:

Is everyone else seeing the same thing that I am? Is this dude's actions not exactly the same as Harold and Kumar's after they have gotten high and go on a munchie's scavenger hunt for White Castle?

Obviously the commercial is extreme, "don't talk to me until I've had my coffee." And I have to admit, I chuckle every time he says "no" to the dog. But I think this feeling is common for a lot of people and that is extremely sad to me. An addiction is an addiction whether it involves an illegal drug or not. There was a time where I would go into withdrawal after a day or two without having a soda. That isn't normal. That's not what our bodies are meant for. Caffeine may not be illegal but there's no reason you should need it in order to wake yourself up or function on a daily basis.

These days I am rolling out of bed at 6 on the weekdays and between 5 and 6 on the weekends and I'm already awake and ready to go by the time I turn off the hot water to the shower. I think people who rely on coffee to wake themselves up, day in and day out, need to realize that maybe coffee is a part of a cycle they have fallen into. It's not the solution to your problem of energy, but a contributor to it.


That's why the commercial drives me nuts. It's conveying the message that his addiction, regardless of what it is, is totally fine and acceptable. I'd love to see any other addiction advertised that way. Think of the most devastating addictions that can be inflicted on your life, like porn or crack, and it's probably not so funny anymore.


(please no comments regarding decaf, I purposefully ignored that topic).