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Courier Post
Cherry Hill, NJ
September 17, 2002
"Former Alcoholic Takes No Excuses When Helping Addicts Recover"
By Kevin Riordan

Bruce Cotter has heard all the excuses. He's probably used them all, too.

That's where the excuses come in. No matter how enormous the cost or great the pain (or distended the liver), most alcoholics and addicts will resist giving up the substance to which they are enslaved.

"I help people who don't want to be helped," Cotter said recently from his office in suburban Baltimore. "...They're masters of manipulation. They're squirrelly. They see that this is the end, and they're going to lose the very best friend they ever had. And I'm taking it away." "My goal is for it (entering treatment) to be their idea..."

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