I'm also one who never drank coffee (grew up Mormon, after all; one of the perks I guess) and I am really glad that I don't drink the stuff. I am not a morning person, so each morning is utter misery for me until I get on my motorcycle and head to school. The high speed and excellent weather (sunny Florida :P) Is all I need to wake up properly. I know not everyone can enjoy such circumstances, but I would urge you to find a way to make your mornings bearable without drugs, for your own sake.

A great example of caffeine dependence just happened a couple days ago actually. I went to a "Dance" Marathon to help raise money for a local childrens hospital. The night started around 6 o'clock and lasted till 8 in the morning. The DJ started with a couple of line dances which most everybody joined in on, and then played mediocre dance music for a few hours. About 1 in the morning he got to the good stuff: swing and salsa, and by then everyone was having a blast. Afterward was not so great.

Some kids brought their own energy drinks and stuff to keep them up, but all I had to rely on was some Cokes (they had coffee too, but I didn't want to have it unless I REALLY needed it) I was completely fine the whole night without it. Some of my friends on the other hand, got sick (one even DURING the event) and had massive headaches/migraines. I brought some medicine cause I had a feeling the music would be loud and obnoxious, but only had a little bit.

Luckily for most of the kids it started on Friday, so they had the weekend to recuperate, and I had a wonderful carefree weekend (after a short nap of course)

Spring is not a game. Its a game engine. There are many games (and Total Annihilation mods) that can be played on this engine. Some of them are not very good, to be honest, and some people have differing opinions.
(I know of many people who abhorrently dislike CA because of its constant changing and upgrading, a fact that I enjoy because it makes the development feel alive and fresh as opposed to dormant and neglected.)

What game did you actually play? Basic Annihlation? or some other TA mod? If that wasn't fun there are half a dozen TA based mods with different play-styles and gameplay mechanics, and there are also several other games which are entirely different. Completely different games. Not at all the same. They share share almost nothing in common except for the fact that they are rendered in the same engine and use the same servers as the other Spring games. If you didn't find a particular game on the engine enjoyable, I would encourage you to try a different one. It is quite easy with the SpringDownloader. (Sadly only for windows at this point; the Linux version only helps update CA)