To you all Graphic Designers out there, do you guys use a graphics tablet? If so, what do you recommend for beginners? Right now, I'm using a mouse which is a pain in the butt.

I use a mouse, but I have a Wacom Intuos (older model)
I think they're really good, I'm just not comfortable enough with it yet. :D

I'm drawing everything with a mouse! Sometimes i m making a doodle on paper first though, then im scanning it to trace the lines. Also for the tall drawing I use paint tool sai and partly photoshop cs2 (not aware of all functions there + too lazy to get to know them :s otherwise photoshop would probs be the best choice)