Sentence:  "Man, I wasn't hooked, I was "crucified". The <WSD>monkey</WSD> got so big he was carryin' "me". ... When I hear a junkie tell me he wants to kick the habit but he just can't I know he lies even if "he" don't know he does. He "wants" to carry the <WSD>monkey</WSD>, he's punishin' his<!--sic:"hisself"-->self for somethin' 'n don't even know it. ... Then I got forty grains 'n went up to the room 'n went from <WSD>monkey</WSD> to nothin' in twen<!--sic:"twenny"-->ny-eight days 'n that's nine-ten years ago 'n the <WSD>monkey</WSD><nowiki/>'s dead." /  "The <WSD>monkey</WSD><nowiki/>'s never dead, Fixer," Frankie told him knowingly. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.