Your trading one addiction for another is that what you're getting at? If one wasn't satisfying you'd go to another? I think as an addict we tend to do that not just with drugs and alcohol but with many other things.
Sometimes its an gambling addiction , co dependency relationships/sex addiction, food addiction, or drug/alcohol addiction or an shopping addiction or being an workaholic..
In NA - Step One
"
We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had
become unmanageable."
for getting yourself into some treatment. If IOP doesn't work you can always get into some inpatient treatment. Remember, it's your recovery nobody else's. You got to do what will be best for you and your recovery
