Addictions: are they a bad thing?

[martinemonster]

Ever since I started my new and better life (which includes very little candy and snacks, no smoking and vigorous workouts), I’ve started substituting all my cravings for coffee. I want chocolate: I drink coffee. I might crave a juicy cheese burger: I have a double espresso. I feel like eating chips with dip: I take a cortado with soymilk.

This has worked out pretty nicely for me so far, but today I realized, right after I bullied a patient into buying me a double cortado with soymilk, that I might have become an addict. You see, I’ve been craving sugar all day, getting steadily grumpier and more stressed out, but two sips of coffee and I’m mellow as a tired kitten. I have a warm and lovely feeling in my tummy, I look forward to Christmas and I’ve started planning an awesome dinner for tonight.

So, should I be worried? Or should I just accept that I am an addict and make sure I get at least one cup per day?

Comments

[martinemonster.livejournal.com]

I don't put sugar in my coffee, and I restrict my coffee with soymilk to one cup per week. I despise sweet, hot drinks so sugar is out of the picture.

(Also, I was exaggerating on the bullying...I asked her nicely and she said yes)

But I am a little worried that I'm not overcoming my addictions, but instead substitute them with coffee. It doesn't sound too healthy.