Coffee Addiction

1 Is this profession notorious for being coffee addicts?

In one hospital I've worked in, it certainly seemed that way- an RN walked in with a Slurpee size cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee and I commented on it. She replied that when she orders an XL cup from them, she has to direct the employees to where they keep those cups. As she's sipping away, she's describing to me how she can't see out of her left eye just yet and the left side of her face is numb.

Then at another hospital, I started brewing coffee and there was NO one to share the pot with. Everyone attested to being caffeine free!
My first clinical day as a nursing student. My wonderful teacher first showed us the cafeteria ... as she pointed out that they had complimentary coffee there. Then we went to the floor and noted all the Java stations. She always had a cup in her hand in pre/post conference. <-coffee cups with latte

Quote from VespertinasThen at another hospital, I started brewing coffee and there was NO one to share the pot with. Everyone attested to being caffeine free!

I cannot make it through the day without at least 2-3 caffeinated drinks whether it be coffee, Rockstar, etc.

Quote from VespertinasThen at another hospital, I started brewing coffee and there was NO one to share the pot with. Everyone attested to being caffeine free!

i use to drink 4 to 5 cups a shift mainly when i worked nights...now i'm down to 1 cup working days

I think I am the one and only human being that HATES coffee, hate the smell, the taste etc....and I function really good without it.I love flavored tea

Quote from teeniebert somehow I find that claim suspicious.

Once you wean yourself off caffeine, it's easy to remain caffeine free. Then on the rare occassion that you do consume caffeine, you get a nice jolt from it. I used to be 100% caffeine free. Now, I enjoy coffee on my work days, then spend my days off weaning off again. And again. And again.

I can't imagine life without caffeine.......the times I've had to be NPO for a morning surgery, my head hurt so much by the time I came out of PACU that I was literally begging the nurses for a cup of coffee, because fentanyl doesn't even touch caffeine-withdrawal headaches!

I drink a lot of coffee, black, because I just like drinking something hot - and I like the taste of coffee. Most of the time it's decaf, though... although since I started working night shift, I do drink more caffeinated as well.One of the perks at my new job is the wonderful coffee - including flavored! - as much as you want. DeLana

We have a K-Cup machine where i work and its awesome.. i bring my own and there are soo many different K-Cups out there. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dunkin Donuts coffee! Unfortunately we dont have any DD stores here. They dont sell the K-Cups in the grocery store and the ground DD coffee in the bags is super expensiveCaffeine is my drug of choice, im addicted and i wont ever give it up

I have a serious mountain dew addiction. Its a problem. I keep trying to stop, but I am always tired and I can't get past the withdrawal migraines. A year or so ago, I took my son to an ER for a really serious asthma flare. Our room was right outside the central station area. I remember making note of the attending saying to a nurse, "Oh what? you're tired? Here, come here. Look, in this drawer I keep 5 hr energy, a couple Red Bulls, Mountain Dews and caffienated jelly beans. I can't make it without caffienated jellybeans."I felt slightly concerned at the amount of time our physician may have been awake at that point, but what can I say about it, I have a caffiene problem tooA couple weeks ago I was reading an article on the health risks of inhalable caffiene. The only thing I took away from that article was the question "Inhalable caffiene? Where is it? How can I get some?" lol