i am torn. on one hand i believe that coffee becomes a crutch very quickly - the stimulant effect is just you returning to baseline. on the other hand it's just so tasty and the modern world requires stimulants to function.
you wouldn't need coffee if you were a farmer. you will probably need it or an alternative if you're another cog in the machine like we all are
Coffee is also a drug. It is addictive. Makes you feel good and it is hard to stop. Like alcohol.
It changes how you perceive a world as your brain is most of the time under the influence of coffein.
"Something like 90% of humans ingest caffeine regularly, making it the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world. "
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/jul/06/caffeine-coffee-tea-invisible-addiction-is-it-time-to-give-up?utm_source=pocket_mylist
It is really interesting article.