Silent caffeine addiction

Caffeine is a psychoactive drug. It is a sleep killer and promotes alertness plus a feeling of being energetic makes it a case for habitual compulsive consumption.

- Sunil S Chiplunkar

Ganja, charas, marijuana, cocaine, MDMA (Ecstasy) and so on … when we ask people about drug addiction, these are the names that come to our mind, very rarely is caffeine addiction even considered as a drug addiction. Yes, it is true that the most prevalent invisible drug addiction is due to caffeine mainly through tea and coffee consumption. With the advent of energy drinks containing higher amounts of caffeine, and people compulsively going for these beverages – the caffeine addiction phenomenon is even called the silent epidemic of caffeine addiction.

Caffeine addiction starts innocuously as it is a common home beverage consumed even in households that shun alcohol beverages. Thus, the regular consumption of coffee or tea in socialization sets off a series of chemical events inside the body creating caffeine cravings. Studies have shown 100 mg caffeine consumption per day ie., the amount in a cup of coffee - can create physical dependence. The fact that