I swear I won't touch another drop...

I realised quite a while back that I've been having trouble getting to sleep, and that at about 10.30 am have been feeling a strong need for coffee every day. This has been compounded by the fact that in the common room in school there is a coffee machine that is treated exactly like the teapot of our parents, ie. always full and about to be poured. I tried for some time to limit myself to a mug a day, but found I was drinking a lot more, and the Finnish preference for coffee so strong that you can stand a spoon up in it meant that I was finding myself in a bit of a vicious circle. So three weeks ago, we both gave up coffee, as my dearest was suffering from the same symptoms. We said we'd give it a try for two weeks, and after only a few days the craving disappeared, and we now sleep much better. We're both going to continue along the no coffee route. The problem is that we now need considerably more sleep, and drink more tea. I understand that tea is still harmful, but not as bad a coffee. I consider it a poor mans methadone programme (BTW, if you're on methadone, you most definitely are not well off!). Lets see what the long term effects are, as I feel that, although I'm sleeping better, my get up and go (in it's un-coffee-fueled state) does not last so long. It probably needs a little stamina building...