Alcohol: One Superman’s Kryptonite

Alcohol: One Superman’s Kryptonite

Abraham is a soft-spoken man in his mid 40’s. He is a born listener, discerning when he speaks, and reminds me of the old adage to use words only when it improves upon the silence. Abraham found the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine online when he was trying to...
April is Alcohol Awareness Month

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

Alcohol Awareness Month was established in 1987 to help reduce the stigma associated with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) by encouraging communities to reach out to the American public each April with information about alcohol, alcohol addiction, and recovery. Alcohol...
Millennial Sobriety

Millennial Sobriety

The following is a guest blog from a young woman who has chosen sobriety. It is a little longer than other blog articles, but I wanted to emphasize a couple of things by publishing it. One, you don’t have to hit rock bottom in order to stop drinking. Two, if you are...
8 Quotes About Quitting Drinking From Famous People

8 Quotes About Quitting Drinking From Famous People

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 mean, they’re not even trying to—and astonishing, inspiring things come out of their...
How to Get Addiction Help if Spouse Isn’t Supportive

How to Get Addiction Help if Spouse Isn’t Supportive

Rebecca was here for a follow up after her alcohol detox at the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine. Two weeks earlier she and her husband of 38 years had spent the day with us in a quiet, private, comfortable room to help Rebecca carefully stop drinking alcohol....