I'm a recovering alcoholic but I'm not drinking alcohol?!

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Laura, you can relax recreationally without using any kind of substance. Here are a few options:
Hiking
Camping
Swimming
Painting
Bungee jumping
Spelunking (exploring caves)
Mountain climbing
Ice Skating
Roller Skating
Hang Gliding
Roller Coasters
Stamp collecting
And there are about a million more. Peace.

it's a slippery slope. if you aren't addicted now, you will be soon. You are trading one addiction for another. don't fool yourself. And, why aren't you disclosing the name of the drug?

you're using the drug the same way you used the alcohol. You already know that you have an addictive personality, it's just a matter of time before you're addicted to this drug. recovering alcoholics need to stay away from recreational pharmaceuticals (legal and otherwise) just like drug addicts need to stay away from alcohol. Otherwise you're just trading one crutch for another.

your sponsor is correct, you have to start your sobriety from the last time you used this drug OR used alcohol, whichever came later.

take up yoga, get a hobby, find out what in life excites you but keep going to your meetings and stay clean & sober.

Good Luck.

You are not sober if you have substituted that drug because it makes you feel better. I realize that you no longer drink alcohol, but the fact that you are taking a drug which may be considered illegal in the United States, it is possible, and most likely, something that will cause you to want it more and more until you are unable to live without it.

You state it makes you get high and relax (this does not make any sense). If you get high, there is no way in which you can become relaxed at the same time.

Get rid of the drug that you have taken sporadically at this time. It may have stopped the desire to drink but you do not know at this point in time whether it will cause you to be able to live without it.

Listen to your sponsor and husband. They are only looking out for your best and do not want you to harm yourself anymore than you currently have.

The thing about alcoholic and drug addicts is that they have addictive personalities and to give up their "drug of choice" but to start something else is the same thing. I think I have heard of what drug you speak of, the one "miley Cirus" is so famous for supposedly smoking in her bong. It supposedly isn't a drug but a legal herb. But we can be addicted to ANYTHING. Addictions ruin and control our lives. You have already started your addict behavior with this one with your husband...by hiding it from him. It is always your choice, but if you need something to "relax" it's probably not ok. Try yoga or meditation hon.

52 yrs of experience of raising 2 boys with addict behavior. I did A LOT of reading and counseling with them for help.

You are just trading one addiction for another..... since you are already addicted to alcohol it will be easier for you to become addicted to something else. You know this drug is bad. I cantell just by the way you talk about it that you know it is bad... you admit to using it to "get high", you are just looking for someone to tell you it is ok so you can feel better about it. Listen to your sponser and your husband. No it is NOT sobriety as long as you are using a drug, ANY drug, even a legal drug, to "get high".