" Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is considered the most effective treatment for stimulant addiction. No medical treatment currently exists for stimulant addiction, which include methamphetamine and cocaine. At the MATRIX Institute on Addictions in San Bernardino, CA, methamphetamine and cocaine addicts attend evidence-based (proven effective) behavioral therapy groups. The program includes participation in weekly recovery skills groups, individual and family counseling, drug testing and 12-step or other mutual support groups."
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"Dr. Kathleen Brady is a professor of psychiatry at the Medical School of the University South Carolina, and an expert in addiction and co-occurring psychiatric disorders. Here she discusses how underlying disorders like anxiety, depression or trauma can lead to addiction or relapse, stressing the necessity of treating these mental disorders and addiction simultaneously." 
It may feel like the laws of the universe have ceased to exist once you have a month or two of sobriety under your belt after a lifetime of drinking. Be warned though, although it may seem like a brave new world to you, the rest of the world goes on as if nothing has changed.
”… it turned out that everything I put down on paper was eerily similar to the same thing I had heard in rehab” 
"Science has shown that the brain has a remarkable ability to recover from addiction. With continuing advances in medical and behavioral treatments, addiction will soon be commonly accepted as a manageable chronic disease."
How do you explain to someone, who has never been personally cursed with an addiction, the overwhelming desire for your drug of choice. 
