In a message dated 06 Apr 97  23:36:48, Dennis Mummert wrote:
 DM> *I* am chemically addicted to caffeine.  However, I happen to like
 DM> it, and it isn't doing much, if anything, to change the value of my
 DM> life except that I very much enjoy a good cup of coffee.  Would I say
Coffee (cafiene) is quite similiar (alkaloid) to cocaine.
 DM> that I am addicted?  Clinically, yes.  Practically, no.  I feel no
 DM> compulsion to 'graduate' to higher and higher levels of caffeine, nor
 DM> is it a 'gateway' drug - since there is actually no such animal.
I don't know about practically - a lot of people if they don't get their 
caffeine get quite testy.....
 DM> That is why it is difficult, except in the extreme cases, to quantify
 DM> a psychological addiction.  That is also why it is usually
 DM> inappropriate to use the term at all.
Is Bill Clinton addicted to sex? Cocaine? Alcohol? Power? Money?
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