Inside Caffeine Addicts Anonymous: ‘It Controlled Me Enough’ [Video]

Fifty years after he started sneaking swigs of his parents’ leftover coffee and guzzling cups of Lipton iced tea, Ed Csapo is finally giving up his caffeinated ghost.

For decades, Csapo, a former carpenter who owns a heavy machinery supplier in Longmont, Colorado, enjoyed a hot java at home before driving to work and grabbing another serving on the way, usually from Starbucks.

“I like driving with a hot cup of coffee,” Csapo, 61, told Newsweek. “There’s nothing like it.”

During extended road trips, Csapo’s affinity for caffeine extended to occasional energy drinks like Red Bull, but coffee remained his constant companion for years, leading him to become a self-professed “snob” of the world’s most widely used psychoactive stimulant.

“I …