Stopped drinking alcohol 3 years ago - not because I had to in any way but because of your last sentence exactly. Great essay - thanks. Strong fresh black coffee on the other hand... hmm. I CAN do without it but why WOULD I live like that!?
Comments from a non coffee drinker: I don’t like the flavour much and the effect on my nervous system isn’t good. For the comfort of a hot drink, teas give variety of flavour and multipurpose effects. Doing without coffee makes me aware of the need to pause and have a good night sleep. As for the effects, I find them replaceable, for example with a vigorous morning Neti (body cleansing technique). That is so awakening! Equally potent, when available, is to wash my face in the morning with rain water kept outside. Provocatively I would say that coffee often serves less the person than the status quo the person is in. So I vouch for the possibility of an interesting and zingy life without the drink.
I loved this.
I do not partake in alcohol rituals, apart from an occasional Whiskey with good intentions, but I do love my coffee.
Strangely, it does nothing physically for me; I just love the smell and the daily ritual. Besides, what else am I gonna drink?
I always found drinking problematic and live in a society that worships at the altar of the holy Ethanol.
Crazy little worshipers, praying to the Gods of fermentation and hoping for salvation and deliverance.
When they could have simply learned to master their mind and find peace directly.
Stopped drinking alcohol 3 years ago - not because I had to in any way but because of your last sentence exactly. Great essay - thanks. Strong fresh black coffee on the other hand... hmm. I CAN do without it but why WOULD I live like that!?
Comments from a non coffee drinker: I don’t like the flavour much and the effect on my nervous system isn’t good. For the comfort of a hot drink, teas give variety of flavour and multipurpose effects. Doing without coffee makes me aware of the need to pause and have a good night sleep. As for the effects, I find them replaceable, for example with a vigorous morning Neti (body cleansing technique). That is so awakening! Equally potent, when available, is to wash my face in the morning with rain water kept outside. Provocatively I would say that coffee often serves less the person than the status quo the person is in. So I vouch for the possibility of an interesting and zingy life without the drink.