Can Physical and Psychological Dependence both occur?
The answer to this question is yes - sometimes but not always.

As one example, you may start to use alcohol on occasion for fun. Once you realize that it helps you to feel more at ease with people, you may drink more regularly and with increasing amounts. This habit sets the stage for Psychological Dependence and Abuse.

After a longer period of regularly using alcohol in this way, a compulsive need to drink, Addiction and Physical Dependence may all occur.

Some drugs do not change brain chemistry in a way to produce Physical Dependency. Cannabis is one example. But it is still possible - and not uncommon - for cannabis use to become habitual for psychological and/or emotional reasons. It can seem an easy treatment for many of life’s ailments.