n their most recent column, Dr. David Moore and Bill Manville of the New York Daily News write that “light” addictions like caffeine can be more serious than we think. Addiction specialist Lynn Telford Sahl, author of the best selling “Intentional Joy,” told Bill of a patient who used to have a mocha latte once a week as a reward for a hard week completed, but it progressed from a weekly pleasure to a daily must-have, and now she feels depressed if she doesn’t have her caffeine fix she feels depressed. She also feels guilty about weight gain and has trouble sleeping, but doesn’t make the connection between those symptoms and the coffee she’s consuming.
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