Addict: A person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically an illegal drug.
No matter what your drug of choice is, an addiction is an addiction.
Getting help is the only solution.
This story details a psychiatrist battling drug addiction and alcoholism; placing his own life and family on the line. His inability to overcome the addictions causes his wife to accuse him of an affair. However, the only other thing in his mind is his trauma that brought him to abuse such substances.