Scott Teitelbaum, an addiction medicine specialist, addresses why health care providers who develop substance use or mental health disorders often struggle to get treatment. Part of Yale's Addiction Treatment: Clinical Skills for Healthcare Providers course, the lesson explains that providers experience these conditions at rates comparable to the general population, but stigma, fear of licensing consequences, and discomfort among colleagues create unique barriers to care. Teitelbaum walks through common substance use and mental health conditions seen in physicians, nurses, and other clinicians, and discusses the awkward dynamic of treating a colleague as a patient. He frames addiction as a chronic, relapsing-remitting illness with behavioral and neurobiological roots rather than a moral failing, and makes the case for specialized treatment programs designed for providers. The lesson is aimed at clinicians but is accessible to anyone interested in how medicine handles its own sick.