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Um... coffee isn't any of those things around here (okay it is a bit, but I'll get to that a bit later).

Around here... coffee is a staple food. A necessity. A nutrient. Part of a daily diet. A Personal Assistant. A life coach. A fitness coach. A best friend and mother's liddle helper. Lifeblood. You officially need to lie down and get some rest because I'm not even keeping you awake anymore so now you knowdometer.

I guess that would make it an upper, huh? And I have read, somewhere, that it gives you a decent Dopamine hit. A good shot of coffee.

I once sold an iPad for a hundred South African bucks because hard times and no coffee. True story and I have the Chapter almost third edited.

Coffee at 12 Step meetings was a well known inside joke. The scramble to the coffee at break time. The hours of endless coffee and cigarettes at social get togethers after and in between meetings. Us newly sober people getting our kicks any way we could. Coffee was the bridge to a new way of life in many, many ways.

It's also rocket fuel for a busy, working solo mama.

Although it makes me talk too much. ^{can you tell?}

A sedative. Are you kidding me?

I meet people who are able to sleep after an Espresso and I doubt they're even human. But I hear it does that to some people. How even? Hive account@mdosev makes some interesting points about research and that it's all about timing. I can understand that.

Makes sense. Life in general seems to be about timing quite a bit. So now I know the effects of coffee are as well. Thanks for that! I learn something new every day on Hive. Usually more than one something.

An Aphrodisiac. Really? Who knew, Hive account@chacald.dcymt ? (See? More than one something new and I haven't even read all the comments yet) You're hilarious and you and your hubby sound wonderful together. :D

I'd say nope. I'd say being as relaxed as possible is the best aphrodisiac by far and coffee is a marvelous upper. For me. Perhaps for those are they even humans (?), that it works as a sedative for. Or if you make the move before the caffeine kicks in, just maybe, since I've been recently enlightened. If you add chocolate. And peanuts too now. Or if you mix them all together and pour them over someone possibly. That could work. Because Yum. Yeah... that could work.

And now I'm going to be rolling this around in my head for the next couple of days, so thanks for the initiative and the inspiration to write about something completely different. I'll probably also have to share coffee, chocolate, peanuts and good timing with people I meet on the road now too. I mean... it makes for interesting conversation for sure.

*salutes to coffee and the 12 Steppers. 😁 "Never forget the first step" ^{Shout Out - Sekou Sundiata}