The psychological aspect of an addiction is an interesting part of the puzzle that has many keys to beating an addiction. For one an addiction can be due to a physical dependence at which point the substance is a must because of the rabbit hole the user has dug. Depression often has to deal with many addictions such as alcohol, and marijuana. Stress, and addiction can transcend species, “Monkeys, too, developed a taste for alcohol when stressed by permanent separation from their mother at birth.” (Small 2002) Substances can be similar to a coping mechanism in order to deal with psychological disorders such as depression, anxiety, etc. Substances can be broken up into separate categories that each have their own psychological influence. Depressants
