Coffee. Never have I seen so many Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks cups in one five-minute trip down the road. Everywhere you look, no matter what season it is, almost every person I see walking down main street is holding some type of drink from one of the popular coffee chains.

I have been drinking coffee for so long that the caffeine doesn't even have any type of effect on me at all. I can drink a large coffee at ten at night and still be asleep by eleven. It's more of the having a drink and the hand-to-mouth motion that I keep coffee around for. And the delicious, warm taste, of course.

In high school, there were a lot of people carrying coffee in the hallways. I will admit that almost every day before school, I would go to Dunkin' or 7-11 and get an iced coffee to get me started in the mornings. My friends would meet me there, and we would all carry them around before first period, along with all of the other coffee-lovers. The teachers were guilty as well, even some having older students leave school during lunch to go out and get them a coffee and donuts. Honestly, I was probably the reason for at least a fourth of my local Dunkin' Donut's profits.

Now, in college, most of my money still goes to coffee chains. I get Dunkin' in the mornings before my first class, Starbucks after my last class, and sometimes even more during the day. Also, Perkins and Dunkin' on Main Street are two of my favorite places to study and get work done, so obviously I have to get coffees while sitting in there as well. During exams and finals, the addiction only gets worse. I won't sit down to study or write without a coffee in hand, so around these times I am consuming coffee pretty much all day, every day.

I am not saying that this is healthy or to try this at home, but coffee is pretty much what keeps me going during school and even at home when I have to go to work for long shifts. And, I know quite a few people who are the same way, so if you're like us, no shame. You're not alone.