A lot of people here have had very serious addictions- so don't ever be ashamed about that. We may not have gone through the EXACT same thing (for example my DOC is heroin) but we know, in general, what it is like to be out of control.
I do feel like there are some differences in treatment for cocaine as compared to other drugs which seem to be commonly abused here (it seems like opioid and benzo habits are the most common). On one hand there are no physical withdrawals (at least not in the sense we generally think of them- there can be rebound effects and changes in brain chem) with coke as mentioned above- so that is a plus (you won't have to go through the shaking, sweating, possible seizures (benzos, barbituarates, alcohol), etc.) like you would with those. On the other hand there doesn't seem to be the same level of pharmacological intervention or maintanence therapies like there are with say opioids. There have been a lot of good suggestions above.
I really don't think I have ever seen people put others down for an addiction here like you might hear on the streets (it can be surprising how much someone addicted to cocaine might judge a heroin addict, and vice versa but I don't see that here).
I do feel like there are some differences in treatment for cocaine as compared to other drugs which seem to be commonly abused here (it seems like opioid and benzo habits are the most common). On one hand there are no physical withdrawals (at least not in the sense we generally think of them- there can be rebound effects and changes in brain chem) with coke as mentioned above- so that is a plus (you won't have to go through the shaking, sweating, possible seizures (benzos, barbituarates, alcohol), etc.) like you would with those. On the other hand there doesn't seem to be the same level of pharmacological intervention or maintanence therapies like there are with say opioids. There have been a lot of good suggestions above.
I really don't think I have ever seen people put others down for an addiction here like you might hear on the streets (it can be surprising how much someone addicted to cocaine might judge a heroin addict, and vice versa but I don't see that here).