Beyond the Opioid Detox: 6 Ways to Reboot Your Body’s Energy
Part of the reason the Coleman Institute is so successful in helping patients from around the world detox off various substances (alcohol; opioids, including heroin, buprenorphine, and methadone; and benzos, including Ativan®, Xanax®, and Valium® from one...
Heroin and Other Opiates are Very Powerful Emotional Pain Killers
We’ve known for a long time that opiates are fantastic pain killers for physical pain. We use them in medicine all the time. Opiates relieve the pain of terminal cancer, general surgery and broken bones. But, it is more and more clear to me, that opiates are...
Changing Behavior To Stop Opioid Use
I’ve been riffing a lot on this idea of motivation and willpower. BJ Fogg, author of Tiny Habits, says: “. . . motivation and willpower get a lot of airtime. People are always looking for ways to ramp them up and sustain them over time. The problem is that both...
PART 5: What Feels Better Than Heroin?
The 4th and final law in James Clear’s Atomic Habits refers to the final part of the habit loop, the reward. In order for a new habit to form and be sustained, any reward must be satisfying. The difficult thing about this step speaks to our biology and evolution. As...
