Your Brain On Beer vs Coffee

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Let's pretend that there aren't enough half baked metaphors that describe the college experience and try to entertain this one: getting your degree is like walking a tight rope with a beer in one hand and coffee in the other. Even if you don't drink and aren't that keen on coffee. Well you really don't even have to be a college student either. (Though you might want a fancy coffee holder) The point I'm trying to make here is that there is a delicate balance concerning when to relax and when to get down to business.

This raises some interesting questions though. With the knowledge that we have about like alcohol and caffeine, despite their drawbacks it seems that there is supposedly a way to responsibly maximize their benefits. If that's true then it makes you wonder, are we missing our full potential by not taking the right boosters at the right time?

Well it would seem that way in theory, but there are plenty of people who are doing great things without the help. Then you have someone like Charles Bukowski. He was featured in an infographic last week about sleep habits and productivity. While being the latest to wake up every morning at noon (which even that seems a little early for him) he was also one of the more productive writers and a very committed alcoholic. There is a natural tension and release in life that can be intensified by stimulants or depressants, but whether or not this is conducive to a more fruitful lifestyle is a very difficult question.

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