REFLECTIONS "Growing up in the 50's"- Chapter 7- Caffeine Junky

Nostalgia Tidbit: Drinking cola was a big thing for me as a kid. All you could get was either a 6oz Coca Cola for 6 cents or a 10oz Pepsi or RC Cola for 7 cents. There were a variety of other flavored drinks but I usually stuck with the big three. Certainly there were not many flavors in the 50s compared to today. Back then no one would have ever believed that people would actually pay for water one day! Wow, I wish I had thought of it!

                                                                            Chapter 7

Caffeine Junky

I can not remember how young I was when I got

hooked! Hooked on the incredible addiction called

caffeine. As an adult I used to brag about the fact that I

really never drank coffee, except on a few breakfast

occasions, until I was in my 30s. One day as I reflected

on early childhood, I remembered I was not exactly

truthful. While it is true that I didn’t drink coffee all

those years,  as a young kid I did intake a decent

amount of coffee. I didn’t drink it! I ate it! You might

ask…”how on earth could you eat coffee?” It is

simple. Almost every weekday morning as a young

kid, I had “biscuits and coffee” for breakfast! 

“biscuits and coffee” ? Simple… take coffee in a cup

and crumble up biscuit in it and add a teaspoon or two

of sugar and stir it up. Eat it with a spoon! I must

admit, it really doesn’t sound very appetizing now,

does it? It was then. It was my favorite breakfast for

years. I don’t remember at what age I quit eating

“biscuits and coffee”...probably around 10 or so. Even

after I gave it up, my caffeine craving accelerated. I

became a real fan of cold caffeine in the form of Pepsi

Cola and RC Cola. For many years to follow, cola

played a key role in my life. As a matter of fact, back

then, I probably held some kind of an all time record

for cola consumption when in one day I drank 10 ten

ounce colas.

 Still to this day, I drink too much…colas of course!