The Power of Gratitude
Gratitude is not just for Thanksgiving anymore. Gratitude practiced every day of the year—or most days anyway—is a way to conquer life’s challenges, including depression and recovery. There are endless ways in which we can do this, so stay tuned for...
Memes as a Recovery Tool
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:...
Over Sixty, Finally Sober: An Interview With An Alcohol Detox Patient
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...
Overcoming Addiction: An Interview with Dr. Coleman
There is never a shortage of material to use for writing a blog article for the Coleman Institute. Inspiration swirls around me in the form of patients who are discovering the amazing freedom they have found in recovery, community support around recovery that...
