Why did Samuel Taylor Coleridge live at Highgate after 1816?

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Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge, detail of an oil painting by Washington Allston, 1814; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge moved to Highgate in 1816 to live in the home of James Gillman, a surgeon. He resided there specifically to receive treatment for his opium addiction.1

Coleridge remained in Highgate for the final 18 years of his life, until his death in 1834. During this period, he experienced more settled years, which allowed him to produce significant literary work and gain professional recognition, such as his election as a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1824.21