How Do You Lead a Treatment Center While Hiding an Addiction? | Doug T.

Doug Tieman had achieved the American dream: from a humble pig farm in rural Missouri to the President and CEO of Caron Treatment Centers, one of the most renowned rehab facilities in the world. From the outside, he was a successful executive, a dedicated family man, and a pillar of his community. But behind this perfect picture, Doug was living a double life, trapped in a cycle of alcoholism and sex and love addiction that only manifested when he traveled for work.

In this raw and revealing interview, Doug shares how his high-powered career inadvertently fueled his addictions, leading to a "divine intervention" in the form of a very public DUI in 2008. He opens up about the immense stigma he faced as a treatment professional needing treatment himself, the difficult conversation with his board of directors, and how he had to choose between  ...