What separates compulsive eaters from tea/coffee drinkers? Eating favorite food caresses the senses and provides a false sense of well being. It seems as if all your problems have disappeared and there is nothing to worry. Or are compulsive eaters problem avoiders too? Do they eat their preferred food to avoid problems? Are they unable to take the bull by horn? Do they form relationships from similar group of people, who too indulge in bingeing?
I read many writers frequented some famous coffee joints and discuss their literature. It’s a universal phenomenon, writers meeting at certain joints, drinking coffee. I even read Khushwant Singh lamenting that now there was dearth of such places where such discussions could be held. The usual complain by an old man of the loss of the old world charm.
So what can we conclude about tea/coffee drinkers? Are tea drinkers the people, who prefer to tackle their problems, instead of lulling themselves to sleep by bingeing? People often drink endless cups of coffee, while a projects deadline is approaching. Because it’s the proven fact that caffeine alerts your senses for a while and provides that spurt of energy needed for a task. Though in the long run, it’s harmful too, if taken in excess.
Nice thoughts,Alka..almost made me wonder why I prefer tea..answers were quite conclusive…it’s a nice stimulant…though,I never use it to get away from food…I guess it’s more of a habit than anything else.I know people who cannot begin their work sessions in morn or afternoon,without a cuppa.:)How @ u?
🙂 u seem to provide a lot of queries and answers as well 🙂
me take 5 to 6 tea evryday…
The extremes of anything are bad. So having tea/coffee when in tension is ok if it reduce.
Itna bhi restriction nahi hona chaiye, yeh mat khao, yeh mat karo etc. I mean a certain about of breathing space even our own body asks from ownself.
Your post reminds me of the the Prithvi theatre in Bombay. I went there for the first time when I went to Bombay three months back. One can sit there for hours and hours. Wish there were more such places in Delhi too.
Hmm… it is more a psychological stimulant I think: you notice that it is ‘cool’ to go into a coffee shop, hang out with people and discuss things… and the coffee tends to provide an excuse to sit there and think endlessly rather than going to the place just to think.
Besides, coffee does seem to provide a sudden spurt of energy: clear our brains and help us think. But this post was thought-provoking… good post!
Oye, tu chai coffee per kyon aa gaye? Door door … iske baare mein baat maat kar! (And if this comment confuses anyone I am talking to my sis whp herself is known to have many a steaming cups of tea in a day 🙂