also I'd like to add that often addicts substitute "other" things in place of the drugs.
During the 10 years my husband was "clean" he wasnt working a recovery program..........but he wasnt using crack.
He did however in the beginning of our relationship have his entire focus on me.......
then it was working getting the promotion being "the best"
and after the promotion it was getting the house then golf or basketball
None of these "things" worked in the long run..........he couldnt fill the hole he felt with things or people or jobs and eventually his disease lead him to believe he had life under control he could use again and that is what was missing...............crack
how very wrong his disease was and is.