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How to Celebrate National Coffee Day!

There’s a day to celebrate everything in this country and coffee is no exception! This Sunday, September 29th, is National Coffee Day and there may be millions of wired, jittery people bouncing off walls this weekend with free promotions and giveaways at various cafes and coffee shops. Of course they’re giving it away—more for ways for us to become addicted! 

My first introduction to drinking coffee started after college when I started working in New York City and I needed that rush of sugar and caffeine (aka sugar and milked up coffee and a glazed chocolate donut) to rev me up for the craziness to come. It was no time until coffee became not only a habit, but an addiction, a reason to walk away from my desk, a few minutes of socializing, a refueling of energy or a moment to stop and relax. When babies came, the addiction was well entrenched and coffee became an essential part of my remedy for no sleep, more no sleep and stressful days and nights. That was in the days when a coffee was just coffee—no frills, inexpensive, no flavors, no steaming, no almond-soy-coconut milk alternatives, no syrups, no supersized cups—just $1.50 a cup coffee. 

When “artisan-styled” coffee and the shops that exalt it began popping up on every corner, I had lots of company in my guilty pleasure addiction. It’s no wonder that after 3 decades of swilling the stuff 2 or 3 times (I lie, it was often more like 3-4 bigs cups) a day, I started to feel some acid reflux going on. Instead of popping an antacid and ignoring the clear message my body was telling me, I decided to consciously cut down and surprisingly, it hasn’t been as difficult as I thought. For most of the various reasons I drank coffee, I found a different, better alternative and to my shock and amazement, the acid reflux calmed down! 

Read more about how we love to love coffee, love to hate coffee and hate to love coffee! There are a bunch of kick butt alternatives to help cut down on coffee! 
Read the rest at   http://veganamericanprincess.com/how-to-celebrate-national-coffee-day/

Ellen Francis

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