I have yet to give decaf a shot, but hey, one day I will. Just not today.
I want to say midway through my university stint did I give in to my mother's suggestion to try coffee. However, it tasted horrendous. Far too bitter. It wasn't until my boyfriend at that time convinced me to try Dunkin Donuts' sweeter alternatives instead. Lo and behold, I became addicted to their coffee sugar bombs. And while that phase lasted quite a while -years to be exact- overtime my sweet tooth began to diminish. Bitterness began to grab my curiosity and little by little I would decrease the amount of sugar I would throw into my coffee.
Fast forward to today and while I still put a tad bit of milk, cream, and sugar into my coffee, my eventual goal is to drink plain coffee. Black coffee, in other words.