A Cup Of Caffei
I am going to school and trying to work and most importantly making sure I am spending quality time with my family all together they require a lot of energy. I started one night staying up late to finish or accomplish an assignment and to counter my fatigue I used caffeine the next day. In the process of this I started drinking energy drinks daily such as a Full Throttle made by coca cola containing large amounts of caffeine and other stimulating substances.
These were pretty intense to consume all at once so I switched to mountain dew and eventually diet mountain dew in order to not consume as many calories drinking several of these a day. (I know to some of you this may not seem like much at all but it is the beginning of something bigger.) I am not consuming crazy amounts of caffeine daily but I am noticing how my body is becoming dependent upon it and just like any other drug that can affect the body it has severe affects.
I don’t think people realize how serious it is and they take it lightly because it is socially acceptable to consume large amounts of caffeine especially if you are a working person. I wanted to research addictions and I found this page which was helpful. I do not feel I am at a point where I have become solely dependent upon caffeine but I see my habits leading me down that road and not towards Christ.
It’s clear that I have been becoming dependent on flesh and a substance rather than dependent on God and only he can rescue me from such things so that I might be dependent upon him instead where I will not feel like I have to overwork myself and carry heavy loads.
Galatians 5:24-25 – And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
This is a video fom the site above this guy is very serious and he didn’t really realize it until he sat down and reflected.
Watch a video on caffeine addiction
