Coffee is a drug? That’s not exactly true. It is the caffeine in the coffee that is the drug that produces an addiction in the body of the chronic coffee drinker. Coffee and caffeine are not against the law and yet there are addictive. And they have negative side effects to the health of the people who drink it.

Addictive effects in the body include:

• mood swings
• headaches
• cramping, diarrhea, or constipation
• tension or stiffness in neck, shoulders, jaw, hand or legs
• increased premenstrual syndrome
• clenching jaw during sleep
• irritability
• restless leg syndrome
• rapid heartbeat
• dizziness
• high blood pressure
• ulcers
• anemia
• shortness of breath
• ringing in the ears
• hand tremors

Most of these symptoms in the body cause long-term problems when people continue to experience them over time. Because it is addictive there are withdrawal symptoms when a person decides that caffeine must be eliminated from their diet.