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Caffeine doesn't have a strong psychological addiction, but it's physiological withdrawal symptoms are bad.

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I have not found a drink equivalent to a coffee to drink in the morning. This is my psychologic addition.

All these fake coffees (I’m looking at you, chicory root) taste like ash-trays from the grimiest bar in town.

Ginger shots made at home with some orange juice or apple juice help a lot.

Maybe for you it doesn't have strong psychological addiction, but for me it certainly did.

I never really liked coffee, but I drank it at work just as a pretext to talk to other people.

I didn't have a coffee maker at home at that time. So I started getting headaches on Sunday. I made the connection eventually, after my headache completely disappeared 20 minutes after drinking a cup of coffee with a friend.

This appears to be a pretty common scenario.

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