How Do I Know It’s Safe to Stop Drinking Alcohol?
People in true recovery — beyond the physical act of not drinking or using, and in true emotional recovery — are easy people to be around. In the greatest of paradoxes, they, the wounded healers, have found strength through their weakness. They have learned wisdom not...
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...
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
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...
