Gray Area Drinking: 6 Warning Signs & How to Get Help
If you are considering changing your relationship with alcohol, explore 6 warning signs that you may be a gray area drinker and how to get help with the Coleman Institute. What Is Gray Area Drinking? As we begin to think about Substance Use Disorders (SUD) in new...
Stop Drinking Alcohol: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself
I recently met with a patient who, after about 40 years of very regular drinking, made the decision to quit drinking. Her decision to stop drinking alcohol was not easy. She associated drinking wine with many aspects of her life: sharing a bottle of wine with her...
5 Goals for Substance Abuse Recovery After Detox
I wrote about Ken in an earlier blog titled “Restoring Energy After Opioid Withdrawal.” At that time, Ken was 5 weeks out from completing an Accelerated Opiate Detox off high doses of opioids, including hydromorphone and fentanyl. His energy was beginning...
Loving Someone to Death: Supporting Recovery Without Enabling
When we talk about recovery and the interpersonal dynamics that often occur in relationships, “enabling” is the dirty word no one wants to hear. But what is enabling? How do we know when we’re loving someone too much? And once we can recognize it, how do we stop it?...
