"Women who drink two, three, or more cups of coffee a day are less likely to commit suicide than non-coffee drinkers, according to a Medical School study of 86,626 nurses....

"These results apply equally to men, other research has found. For example, a check of 120,000 people in northern California showed substantially the same lowering of suicide risk for two, three, even six or more daily cups of coffee for both sexes....

"Those who consume 100 to 1,000 milligrams of caffeine a day, or one to seven cups, report improvements in mood, sociability, self-confidence, energy, and motivation for work. That kind of pickup is limited to habitual coffee drinkers, however. Those who don't drink it regularly sometimes get feelings of anxiety and general ill-being."
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1996/03.14/CoffeeWontGrind.html

Self-confidence? Motivation? Sounds like a nightmare for the morg...

Maybe the TBM SAHMs wouldn't have to pop so much prozac if they could have some coffee once in awhile.

A coffee-drinking colleague told my TBM brother, "How is it to drag yourself to work every morning, knowing that you will never feel any better than you do right now?"

They have a job and deadlines to meet.