When I was young I did not drink coffee.  I started mid life when I heard that elite runners and other athletes would load up on cups of coffee pre event or game to garner the supposed benefit of the interaction of caffeine upon glycogen.  I truly believe it is a legal performance enhancer and continue such use to this day. 

Along the way I developed the enjoyable habit of nursing and sipping my sole cup of coffee through the day.  I get a little taste kick when I roll it on my tongue and I suppose you could say I'm addicted. 

In preparing for this blog (which Joanne suggested) I did some research and learned there are many suggested and/or documented benefits engendered by caffeine ingestion.

Following are just some of the alleged coffee benefits:

It reduces risk of cancer, stroke, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, suicide and increases memory, stimulates hair growth, helps with asthma and increases sperm count.

I think I'm going to up my intake.