[vsef]

I always start the day splitting a 12 cup pot with my husband, frequently we make more later in the morning. It's really nothing if you are habituated to it and not especially caffeine sensitive. I know many other similarly heavy coffee drinkers.

[ilaksh]

You drink six cups of coffee in something like a three hour period? Seems like some kind of addiction.

What do you gain from that?

[vsef]

It tastes good, especially with breakfast food, wakes me up a bit, and is hydrating. I experience no negatives, and nothing in particular happens to me if I skip it either. It seems implausible to frame as an addiction unless you start from the preconception that caffeine must be a vice.

And according to this article, and others, I apparently gain various health benefits from my preferred beverage to boot :)