ALL Mind altering substances are considered a relapse. He needs to check himself into rehab asap. He's merely changed seats on the Titanic. Meaining he now has a different drug of choice than he had before.
You are not being whinny - your internal warning signals are going off and justifably so. You might want to try an interventon or get him to go to counselling with you so he will admit to his problem and go for help.
Good luck! STay Strong.

mgs1 is right - your husband is just self medicating and choosing a different drug to do so..,
my daughter is addicted to meth; in the 2 years since she has relapsed several times. She would start with Pot then alcohol and then the meth; get him to a meeting (AA or Narconon) and seek help = there are people that have lived through this phase of addiction and can help both of you through (if he wants help).

Hi jnb, Welcome to our family here at DS. I agree with those that replied before me. Often times the drug addict will change thier DOC. (drug of choice) but addiction is addiction and a drug is a drug.

I know this is hard on you. My daughter is the addict in my life and she is presently in jail awaiting her prison sentence. It is really tough on the loved ones and sadly there is nothing we can do, but take the very best care of US, that we can.

I believe as I once heard that "using" is the end of the relapse, and that the relapse begins when the addict stops seeking support and doing all the things that they need to do to keep themselves clean. That always made sense to me.

I am glad that you have joined us and I will say a prayer for you and your loved one.
EllaBlue

Ella Blue I am new also and my son is the meth addict. he is in county lockup right now and will be going to prison. it breaks my heart, but at the same time I completely accept that he is where he needs to be. Right now what I am having trouble with is that I feel the information on meth has been misleading to me. I believed that a meth addict would have bad skin, facial bumps, bad teeth, loose weight and that just didn't happen in my son's case. he has been on probation for two years so these were the signs I looked for. Now I think he was using for a major portion of the past two years. has anyone else expericenced the lack of typical meth signs.

I feel your pain. im in a similiar situation. i really dont have any advice, i need some of my own. but you're not alone, just wanted you to know that. sometimes i feel like no one really understands what its like to love an addict, but i found this website tonight after another relapse from my boyfriend. im wishing the best for you, and im scared too.