I love coffee. Strong, hot and black, it is just the way to start off my day . . . and keep me trudging through it after a sleepless night with a sick baby. But you can only down so many cups before you start to get heartburn or worse.

I just came across this great article over on Entrepreneur.com that talks about three entrepreneurs who have come up with alternatives to drinking a dozen cups of coffee a day. As an avid caffeine addict, I´d be willing to try other methods of feeding my addiction that weren´t so bad for my kidneys!

So, apparently there are sunflower seeds infused with caffeine, a caffeinated lip balm and even caffeine-stuffed donuts! The main problem I see with these is that they don´t have them down here in Guatemala, so I may never get to try one.

However, this does give rise to the thought that you can actually turn your addiction into a business. For example, each of the creators of the above products downs an astounding amount of coffee and caffeine related products each day, something that obviously helped inspire them to create their own products. They followed their passion and are now successful!

While the business owners in the article aren´t moms and don´t work at home, I think we can learn a valuable lesson about following what we are passionate about in order to earn money. Just a thought.