Healing the Brain After Opioid Detox and Withdrawal

Healing the Brain After Opioid Detox and Withdrawal

Raphael (I don’t use patients’ real names, so I thought this would be a fun one) came to the office recently to have his monthly Vivitrol injection. Vivitrol is the trade name for a long-acting formulation of naltrexone, which is a pure opiate antagonist...
Holidays and Sobriety: Make a Plan

Holidays and Sobriety: Make a Plan

I saw Loreen, age 32, in follow-up yesterday. She has now gone 20 days with no alcohol. Making Choices Based on Freedom For almost a year she was coming to our office regularly to get a Vivitrol shot to help her deal with her drinking. She had been very resistant to...
Gaining Energy Back After Opioid Detox – 6 Easy Ways

Gaining Energy Back After Opioid Detox – 6 Easy Ways

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...
Coleman Method for Outpatient Detox off Opioids and Alcohol

Coleman Method for Outpatient Detox off Opioids and Alcohol

Dr. Peter Coleman shares his story and offers innovative treatment recommendations in his YouTube video, Coleman Method for Outpatient Detox off Opioids and Alcohol. We Get What It’s Like At the Coleman Institute, we get what it’s like. Dr. Peter Coleman has been in...
Lizard In My Pocket

Lizard In My Pocket

I often carry lizards in my pocket at work. They aren’t alive, but a nice variety pack of assorted colored, striped, spotted, plastic reptiles. I give them out to patients who are suffering from their experience of anxiety. When Anxiety Becomes Too Much Anxiety comes...