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Physical and Psychological Dependence

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Physical dependence involves tolerance and withdrawal; psychological dependence involves emotional need in their absence.

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A person with no withdrawal symptoms still reports being unable to face a social event without a drink.

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The two are not stages in a sequence. Either can occur without the other.