It really lasted the whole game, because I was really untouchable, unstoppable that game. ~ Marcus Allen Heisman Trophy Winner
Unstoppable. Run this term through the search engines and you will come up with a long list of quotes from coaches, sports analysts, and players describing the commitment and talent of the superstars in every sport. It is used to describe special players that despite very long odds seem to pull victory out of thin air at the very last moments of a game despite all odds.
But it also is the perfect description for an alcoholic because there are very few obstacles that will prevent a determined alcoholic from drinking. Ask any experienced caretaker from concerned moms, dispirited husbands, to stymied prison guards and they will all tell you that it is almost impossible to stop an alcoholic from getting to the sauce.
I recently used the term to describe the absolute determination of an alcoholic or addict to drink and drug to a young man new to our recovery meetings. He was feeling a little down about how his father had told him to “man up” and “just stop”, that the whole recovering bit was just a cop out. It’s a common dilemma, the alcoholic or addict finally gets sober often to be ridiculed by even loved ones for being "weak" or taking so long to become “normal”.
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" 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." 
I think a better title for the Illumination’s 
"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. 
