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Page 3 • February 7, 2003
Jitter Junkies
Caffeine lovers share the real-life effects of their addictions
By Jena Honeycutt
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Melinda Ellis said she has been drinking cof
fee as long as she can remember.
“As a baby, I would reach for my parents’
coffee cups,’’ said Ellis, a senior anthropology
major. “My mother started putting a little coffee
in my milk bottle just to keep
me happy.’’
Ellis said she has been
known to drink three to four
pots of coffee in one day and
brings a thennos to class.
She said she hasn't experi
enced withdrawal symptoms on
the rare occasions she has
abstained from coffee.
“1 am more likely to get a
tush from chocolate than I am
from coffee,” Ellis said, showing
coffee is not the only vice
among college students.
In the article “Nutritional
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My mother
started putting a
little coffee in my
milk bottle just to
keep me happy.
— Melinda Ellis
senior anthropology major
5
Program for Caffeine Detoxification,’’ Dr. Elson
Haas said Americans drink more than a half bil
lion cups of coffee a day. He said caffeine is a
central nervous system stimulant.
The amount of caffeine found in one cup of
coffee will produce an apparent temporary
increase in mental clarity and energy while
reducing drowsiness.
Coffee shops can certainly appreciate the
love affair America has with the coffee bean.
Matthew Brown, owner of Sweet Eugene’s,
said he has been serving the brew for 10 years.
At Sweet Eugene’s, customers can start a
lab,much like at a bar. Brown said the typical
tabis between $5 to $10, but there have been
some that have been in the hundreds of dollars.
thanks to groups that meet at the shop.
Although Sweet Eugene’s decaffeinated cof
fee boasts some popularity, it only claims 7 per
cent of total coffee sales. Brown said.
Haas said, as with typical addictive drugs,
regular caffeine use results in larger and more
frequent doses needed to give the same stimula
tion effect.
But, according to a study by the American
Chemical Society (ACS), a person’s depend
ence can range from one to two
cups to as many as 25.
The study said caffeine is more
habit-forming than addictive.
According to the same study,
one to three cups of coffee con
sumed by the average American
is not a significant enough
amount to affect the area of the
brain involved with addiction.
The most common caffeine
withdrawal symptom is a pres
sure headache, usually located at
the temples but occasionally at
the back of the head or around
the eyes, Haas said.
Some symptoms that result from too much
caffeine include anxiety, irritability, nervous
ness, insomnia and tremors. Withdrawal symp
toms include headache, fatigue, craving and
constipation.
Lauren Bartsch, a senior environmental
design major, said soft drinks, particularly Dr.
Pepper and Coca Cola, are her chosen caffeine
distributors.
“My student ID is worn out from using my
Aggie bucks to buy cokes from the vending
machines,” Bartsch said.
Bartsch, in a major known to pull many all-
nighters, said she doesn’t know how she could have
finished some of her projects without caffeine.
On such nights, she said she often wishes
FRANK CHANCE • THE BATTALION
she could have the soda injected directly into
her veins.
Bartsch said she has given up soda before with
out suffering any withdrawal. She said she isn't
addicted but when she is thirsty, her mind says it
wants a soda. When Bartsch went soda-free for a
while, she said she started to crave chocolate.
No matter how addicts try to kick the habit,
Bartsch said caffeine finds a way to work
itself into your diet.
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