The only way someone can tell if One drug is harder then another is to try it. and anything that affects the brain or the way a person acts is an addict I can only say it this way and I state this is for me Drinking not a problem about 35 years cocaine about 4 years and crack 6 months everything I had was gone. I will also state from me the last 16 years have been great not all the time Also to this day I have family that dispises me. When things happen in gods time.