Can a Person Who Was a Cocaine Addict Drink Alcohol Occasionally After 6 Months of Rehab?

Question by kat: Can a person who was a cocaine addict drink alcohol occasionally after 6 months of rehab?
My husband is getting out of a 6 month drug rehab program on Friday. I want to know if it is ok to allow him to drink alcohol or not. Alcohol was never a problem for him, cocaine was his only addiction. I do not drink very often. I will maybe have 1 or 2 drinks every couple of months. I just wanted to know if I should ban all alcohol from our home? I just need some guidance on this one. Serious, helpful answers please.

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Answer by hankslow
being a cocaine addict i can tell you that the alcohol has to GO
i have been clean for a long time but….like your husband i will and he will always be a cocaine addict for the rest of our lives and the one thing that can push us down the wrong road again is a change in mental thinking and what is the main thing alcohol does to everyone who drinks?
tell your husband that i am very proud of him for beating the devil’s dust ….ONE DAY AT A TIME….. GOOD LUCK.

Answer by tmin
Hi Kat

You shouldn’t let him drink any alcohol. You don’t want him to have those feelings or memories of how good it felt to have a altered state of mind because if he is not strong enough he will probably back slide into his coke habit, but this time he will keep it hidden from you until it is to late, not even beer. Maybe later down the line, but not right now.
The thing about coke is the more you use the more you want, if he gets the taste in his mouth and most of them do, if he is not strong enough he will go back, so don’t tempt faith, find some other way to celebrate him making it through 6 months without….
Good Luck and keep the faith so-to-speak…