I have recently started drinking up to 6 coffees per day. I don't feel any less healthy but I feel it doesn't seem healthy. Alcohol Every Friday after work.<p>How much do you drink and does it affect your Work/Family and social life?
5-6 years ago, I was drinking about a pot of coffee a day between buying it from the coffee shop down the street or just making it at the office. Now I'm down to 2 cups during a work day and maybe 1 at night if I'm feeling tired. Usually just 1 on a weekend day. I can go without it and not get a headache which is nice.<p>Alcohol wise; I try not to drink during the week unless it's at dinner for business or a special event (birthday, anniversary, etc...) - on the weekend, either a glass of wine or a couple whiskeys on the rocks casually with the wife while watching a series or movie.<p>The only thing it's ever effected was money. Buying coffee at Starbucks or Tim Hortons on a regular basis is a waste IMO. Same with alcohol - cheaper to buy a bottle at home and drink it slowly then at a restaurant. Conversely, as you get older, it becomes (or has become for us) more important what you drink then the quantity - good stuff is expensive so you don't really want to blow through it quickly.
No coffee. 2 cups of tea per day. No more caffeine than that, and none after lunch, or I won't be able sleep easily or soundly. Caffeine crashes and the exhaustion from caffeine-related sleep deprivation are both so much worse than just not consuming caffeine at all. It's not worth it.<p>Alcohol: up to two beers at a date, happy hour, or other event. Three if it lasts more than 4 hours. A glass of wine if eating dinner with someone else. Probably averages 2-3 nights per week with any alcohol consumption. No negative effect on social life (though I do enjoy social events more when self-medicating for social anxiety with those beers). More than one drink does affect my sleep that night and energy levels for a couple days, but I haven't been hung over in a decade except for after that one wedding...
1 - 3 cups of tea per day. About to make my second one now. I worry about potential health effects, but I am striking a happy balance here in contrast to when I was drinking twice as much tea.<p>In terms of drinking, we usually have a bottle of wine or prosecco 1 - 2 times a week. I get one or two drinks whenever we go out for dinner so that is once a week. I don't think I see an impact, but I don't ever get drunk. I just get sleepy and I usually give in to the call.
I just had to quit drinking coffee cold turkey due to stomach issues.<p>I was drinking around 2-6 lattes on any given day for maybe the past 2 years. Never had a problem. About 1 month ago I started having horrible acid reflux and general stomach pains, would wake up vomiting, etc. I went to the ER, discussed my habits, did some scans - and they told me to stop drinking coffee.<p>First week was hard. Second week I had no cravings and was feeling great. By week 3 (last week) I had lost weight (this was my only dietary change), I was feeling sharper mentally and I was no longer still half-asleep in the morning before that first cup. In short - felt a worlds difference.<p>I'm not against coffee now, but cutting it out of my life, even if it's temporary, definitely was the right decision for me.<p>(As for alcohol, I don't drink.)
5 to 7 cups of black coffee a day sometimes with a shot of espresso. Research on health and coffee is mixed though I think the overall current conclusion is that the benefits outweigh the risks. However, I admit to being biased because I really enjoy coffee.<p>Almost no alcohol - 1 every few weeks or months depending on circumstances. Party/reception or business dinner at high-end restaurant. And, then it is just one drink.<p>I am not against alcohol but very cautious around it. I have lost a friend to a drunk driver and had family members lose custody of their kids because abuse of alcohol ruined their ability to drive, work and function as responsible adults.<p>On the other hand I know plenty of people who drink alcohol much more regularly than I without any notable effect.
Large bowl-o-latte in the morning. 10 oz of strong French Press coffee when I get to work, and another 10 oz after lunch ~3pm. Then one 12-16 oz beer/ale/porter at home to bring my plane in for a landing.<p>How does this effect others? Heck with them, this is the minimum functioning me.
I'm in tech management,so my days tend to be pretty stressful. I also may or or may not fit the profile of a typical dysfunctional veteran.<p>The easiest way to answer your question is like this: If drinking alcohol was an Olympic sport I'd have a few gold medals, and I drink enough caffeine to keep the entire Chinese Red Army awake for a week.
2 double shot espressos, one early morning, and one late morning. No coffee after noon.<p>1 glass of watered red wine with dinner (my only meal each day). When going out, I will have 2-3 glasses of wine, but only once every two weeks or so. The rest of the time I'll drink Perrier or soda water.<p>3-4 glasses of water a day. More on workout days, but I find on a ketogenic diet my water requirements are less. I don't add salt to my food, and I cook all my meals. I don't use condiments either.<p>I don't drink tea, energy drinks, juice, smoothies, or pop. What I enumerated above is what I drink.
Anywhere from 3-8+ coffees a day depending on how I'm feeling that day and what my workload looks like.<p>I always have a coffee first thing in the morning, another in my travel mug on my drive to work, and usually make another when I get to the office.<p>Some mornings/extremely busy days I'll sub in a caffeine pill for that extra boost.<p>I usually cycle down my caffeine use a few times a year, going from my usual 3-8 down to about 2 coffees a day. I find this helps me from building too much of a tolerance and needing to constantly increase the dosage.<p>I really only drink alcohol on the weekends and even then not very much.
I generally don't drink coffee, it makes me jittery and anxious.<p>Alcohol...once a month but in large quantity. Usually go on a bender while barhopping/at a party with friends. Definitely need to shake that habit.
Almost no coffee, but a fair bit of caffeine - maybe 3 or 4 cups of tea with an occasional soda mixed in. I'm working on night classes for a graduate degree as well, so towards the end of the semester mix in some energy drinks too - definitely not healthy but the only way I can make it through.<p>Very little alcohol, 1-2 drinks once every other week or so, often with stretches of a month or more with none at all. I just don't seem to enjoy it as much as many people do, although it is nice sometimes.
3 - 5 cups of coffee per day. And an average of 3 beers per night.<p>Once or twice per year I tend to take 1 - 4 weeks off from alcohol and taper down on caffeine significantly. .. sometimes down to no caffeine. It's rough going for a few days but afterwards I feel that I can't tell the difference between not consuming and consuming
2 cups of coffee a day. One after breakfast, but the coffee making process is a morning ritual. I buy specialty coffee (Verve, Four Barrel, etc), grind the beans myself, and brew them using a pour over method on the Chemex device. I'll have whatever coffee we have at work in the afternoon for another energy boost.
I used to drink coffee occasionally but if I take a break or drink too much I get really jittery and sick. So I'm not longer drinking it. Though I might have a half cup before the gym as a boost.<p>As for alcohol, it's always present at work and it's hard to not drink. I can't say no to free beers ;)
French press (~35g of beans) or 2 consecutive double espresso shots in the morning. Another double espresso shot in after lunch.<p>I drink a fair bit of alcohol; probably 3-10 servings during the week and 10-20 servings most weekends. <i>Not</i> drinking would affect my social life.
2-3 Cups of coffee per day and 3-5 pints of beer (5-7% alcohol) per week.<p>This is considered low for myself and times in my life I have had about 2x this amount of alcohol/coffee. I am not saying my current consumption is healthy, that is just what it is.
I drink 2 or 3 cups of coffee per day. I stopped drinking alcohol about 12 years ago. I'm sure it has affected my social life but it's only one of many factors.<p>Edited to change the wording of the third sentence.
0-3 cups of coffee per day (with 3 being rare)
3-16 drinks/2 weeks. I just graduated so that number was even higher cause of celebrations, but it was usually pretty low.<p>I wish there were more comments here, would be a cool survey for HN
I try to limit my coffee to around 3 cups per day, or else it starts to affect my sleep.<p>I drink, on average, 6 standard drinks per week (all beer). Usually after work and, in the last 3 three years, no more than 2 at once.
Usually 24 cups if I'm drinking coffee that day. But it's sporadic: I'll keep that rate for a month or two, and then nothing for 2-3 months.<p>I'll have a beer or wine or something once every 6 months or so.
2-3 double shot flat whites. Typically before 2pm - most of the time with MCT or Brain Octane oil and a bit of unsalted butter mixed into the milk while steaming it.<p>Another 2-3 cups of black tea. No alcohol.
I go decaf for coffee and avoid caffeine. I think I feel better for it. Typically 4 or so beers a week, more if there is a night out but that's rare nowadays
coffee free for the last 30 days (used to drink about 2 cups per day) and alcohol free for the past year (used to drink about 3 glasses of wine every evening and more on the weekend) Feel great - work/family and social life definitely massively improved.