by The Coleman Institute | Oct 30, 2019
There is absolutely nothing funny about addiction. Alcohol and opioid use disorders are causing deaths at unprecedented rates, destroying families, and costing the U.S. economy billions of dollars per year. The beginning stages of recovery are rough, really rough:...
by The Coleman Institute | Oct 15, 2019
My patients, the struggles they have endured, and the efforts they have made to achieve sobriety inspire many of my blogs. But yesterday at work, I have to say, I was moved so much by my coworkers. A young man was with us for a simple accelerated opioid detox. He is...
by The Coleman Institute | Sep 24, 2019
With the goal of interviewing people who have inspired me during my tenure at the Coleman Institute, this month’s interview is with Walter. I have organized my interviews around author Annie Grace’s trifecta of ACT: Awareness, Clarity, and Turnaround. In her 2018 book...
by The Coleman Institute | Sep 11, 2019
This may not be what you would expect to read in a blog of an addiction treatment program but opioids are my best friend right now. You see, my father in law is dying. Sure, he’s 95, but a month ago he was working and driving! And yet here he lies at a beautiful...
by The Coleman Institute | May 29, 2019
As I tell my patients all the time: you didn’t use drugs because you were ignorant, you used drugs because they were helping you with something. Until they weren’t. As Russell Brand, the British comedian, author, and activist says, “A counselor at the treatment centre...