I've been drinking coffee regularly since 2001! It all started by sitting next to the drippy coffee machine during my PhD and having a monster mug. Over time, I've got used to drinking loads of coffee and moving to Hungary didn't help. The bucket of coffee has been replaced by a multitude of espresso. Since November, I've stopped drinking coffee cold turkey and it was interesting. The first thing which appeared was the headache, a dull throbbing ache which took over 5 days to go. I was then constantly tired, I nearly fell asleep at my desk, I ached, all which was coupled with nausea and general grumpyness. It seems that [withdrawal is medical condition] (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777290/) but now about 5 weeks, I'm back to normal. (Some studies state that caffeine addicts never return to normal). Well, actually better than normal. I'm not so generally anxious and frantic

The big question is should I drink coffee again? I love the taste, the dark, bitter flavour coupled with the crema layer is divine. it is relatively healthy (esp with no milk/sugar) and very sociable. The question is can I regulate coffee? It is very easy to abstain from something as you always say no but self control is another. The battle will be having only one or two coffee/day ...