i've actually since adapted to coffee, as well. i'm a sellout, of the largest, corporate shill.
like beer, its still not a flavor i love, nor have i found a version of it that i'd readily drink at any time. rather, i drink both for two reasons:
1) the drug involved (beer's intoxication, coffee's "wake the fuck up"ication)
2) the social aspect.
i find that the latter seems to be the higher calling for me, as beer, even still, is mostly unsuccesful in getting me even slightly buzzed, regardless of quantity. the same is true of coffee, in that i dont really find it keeping me any more awake than on the days where i dont drink any at all.
with beer and getting drunk, i have no clue. sometimes, i can have 50 drinks and feel nothing, though recently, i could have 2 and pass out. entirely random.
with coffee though, i used to suspect it was because i only liked the delicious, milk-skakey coffees -- caramel frappuccinos, n'what not, where there's a whole candy bar crammed in there. but for the past few months, i just drink it clean. one packet of sugar, and thats it. and still no caffeine-enhanced redeeming quality.
... and none of that stops me from drinking either.
socially, though, its just something you have to do. me, anyway. and not even so much that i'm getting talked into it. not at all. its just something that you do.
odd.
