Or even the last legal drug. Smoking isn't banned but banished to doorways where a community of folks look like they're having much too much fun. Coffee, on the other hand, is culturally approved, universally accepted, socially enabled, and financially promoted. There's a fix on every corner. Still, I comforted myself with the notion that I wasn't a coffee junkie.
Junkies drink the sludge at the bottom of the day-old pot hanging around the office.
I am a coffee gourmet. I own at least six caffeine delivery systems from a Melita to an espresso machine. Like an alcoholic who only consumes vintage Bordeaux, I choose beans of a certain provenance. Besides, I only drink about two cups. Every single day.