1 cup a day though a second cup sometimes makes an appearance. I rid of my coffee maker and replaced it with a simple chemex pourover -- resulting in stronger

1 cup a day though a second cup sometimes makes an appearance. I rid of my coffee maker and replaced it with a simple chemex pourover -- resulting in stronger & better coffee. It's tedious and has essentially forced me to go from drinking 12 cups a day to 1. I enjoy coffee, though.. I should schedule my drinks better -- I either have it early in the morning or late at night. It's 1am and I'm drinking today's cup. That tends to result in an awful lot of reddit or hours & hours of CSS & A/B adjusting/testing. As for your questions: I don't believe it helps me 'work harder', it's merely something I enjoy. It doesn't help me wake up (though it does seem to help with some [somewhat] ADHD-like issues that I have): I merely enjoy it. It's unessential. As for other stimulants -- at one point I had a calcium deposit in my shoulder a year ago & was on percocets as a result -- during the few days I was on that (Yay, amphetamines!) I completed more work than I had in an entire year prior. Now that, if legal, I'd take in a heartbeat. I was able to suddenly concentrate again and think fluidly: I wrote endlessly for days and felt as though I was completely myself again (minus some grogginess from the meds). Alas, perhaps I should get checked for adult ADHD. In the meantime back to meandering around the web..