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I had the fortune of recently attending a retreat focused on “rewriting our stories.” You may be asking, “Wait, how can I re-write my story... it already happened? I can’t change the past.”

I carry a pen around at work (even though I have had to resign myself to using electronic medical records...sigh) because my patients in recovery say the most profound things.

I was just re-reading a reference to Victor Frankl. I read his book, Man’s Search for Meaning many years ago.

Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist, was imprisoned by the Nazis in WWII. During his time in the concentration camps, he suffered unimaginable indignities and torture and has become known for his writings from that time.

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." — Nelson Mandela

“If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.” — Stephen Covey

It is a pure joy to be in the profession of addiction medicine. Every day brings opportunities to learn, challenges to unravel, and patients who inspire our staff, validating the years of collective experience the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine brings to the table.