The Ecstasy of Detachment
I received a rather desperate call from a patient who’d recently completed an Accelerated Opiate Detox with us at The Coleman Institute. Jean*is the mother of three young children. Prior to completing her detox, she had been taking opioids for several years;...
Changing the Brain after Opioid Detox
I’ve spent some time recently listening to interviews with Dr. Rick Hanson, a neuro-psychiatrist. Based on his and others research, he teaches very specific strategies that have been shown to affect the human brain in positive ways. Like many species, we are...
Applying the Water Wheel Analogy to an Addiction Free Life
I am a fan of Fr. Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest in New Mexico. He’s a little controversial in some more conservative Catholic circles, and perhaps that’s why I like him. Last week one of his daily Lenten readings discussed the idea that creation is a...
Avoiding Dependency and Addiction if Opiate Painkillers are Prescribed
Unfortunately, it happens all the time. Patients are prescribed narcotic painkillers for legitimate reasons and then, become addicted to them. Most of the time, the doctors who are prescribing the medicines are good physicians who mean well. They are just trying to...
