trying to recover from a cocaine addiction

[jeper]

Swim s 28 years now and using coke 6 years now, every weekend. the classical case of an addict. Low self esteem, depression, not many friends lonely, feeling lonely and not loved, and social fobic...then the coke came along.

It repressed his fears which made him go out and make friends for the first time in his life. it worked. it worked really well. after those 6 years and looking back on his life, it makes him really sad. He has built up a life nobody knows about. for the outside world he is an easy going person, friendly funloving normal person who likes to go out.... Cocaine really made him way less fobic in social situations, which allowed him to build up a social life. Cocaine makes him now really depressed, passive, sucks away his confidence and ability to enjoy being around people, and also really suicidal. it scares him. In those years his psychological problems where not taking care off and became probably much worse due to this use. He still feels so empty, not loved and all, while he knows people like him, some likes him a lot.

Most people know that he s struggling with psychological issues but no one knows about his addiction. its a heavy load to carry, He wants to tell someone, a friend or so but he is scared for the reaction. People find out he s been lying to them for a whole lot of years and probably try to remember situations like partys, birthdays and stuff and wondering if he 's used cocaine there as well. He does know that dealing with this addiction alone is so hard, the hardest thing ever.

He is trying to recover know with professional help. He is also on the waiting list for a psychiatrist. but still, it feels like he s doing it all alone. People he cares about dont know a thing. he probably doesnt want to upset them but it makes him feel terribly alone.
He manages to keep away from coke for two weeks, two weeks max...than the intens craving starts again. He s got psychadelics (anti psychotic?) from his phycisian to help him repress those cravings. Will those help him?
has anyone experience with those drugs? there are probably a lot threads about how to repress the craving but still...

maybe anyone can help him to deal with them. Should he confide this to someone? The support from one or just telling someone is probably a big relief and can help him. he really doesnt know what to do

thanks for reading
J