Heroin and Other Opiates are Very Powerful Emotional Pain Killers
by Andrew Rountree | Jun 19, 2020
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...
Parents’ Ultimatum: Stop The Heroin Or Go To Jail
by The Coleman Institute | Aug 20, 2019
I interviewed Caylee for this blog article. Caylee has been coming to the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine for several years now for long-acting naltrexone treatments. She has close to four years of sobriety under her belt, and although many things impress me...
You Have The Choice To Continue Using Heroin
by The Coleman Institute | Jun 5, 2019
Is the Opioid Crisis responsible for helping to mobilize some of the greatest new approaches to help people change? Or have these great techniques been brewing under the surface, being applied to different problems and issues, highlighted now because of the vast...We Can Help
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Blog Archive
2021
- 5 Scary Things People With Substance Use Disorder Believe
- The Easiest and Fastest Way to Detox Off Opioids
- 3 Addiction Treatments to Turn Your Life Around
- Switching from Suboxone® to Naltrexone
- That Street Pill Might Be Fentanyl
- Getting Off Opiates Quickly During a Pandemic
2020
- What To Do If You Relapse Back Onto Fentanyl
- Restoring Hope: The Gift of Detox
- My Pain Doctor Cut Me Off, What Do I Do?
- Triggers as Reminders
- How Can Naltrexone Make Life Better in a Pandemic?
- My Doctor Refuses To Prescribe My Pain Medication!
- How Do I Know It's Safe to Stop Drinking Alcohol?
- There Are Alternatives to Using Suboxone to Stop Pain Medications and Withdrawal
- The Safest & Best Way to Detox Off Fentanyl
- Can I Use Kratom To Detox Off Heroin?
- Addiction, Family, and Recovery
- Why Do I Need To Change?
- Opioid Detox Transcends Politics
- Energy After Quitting Suboxone®
- The Link Between COVID-19 and Relapse
- A Sobering Experience
- Who Am I Without Alcohol?
- Breaking Up With Your Addiction
- Exercise and Addiction Recovery
- Alcohol: One Superman's Kryptonite
- The Truth About Suboxone®
- Why Opioids Can Make Pain Worse
- Still Drinking? Get Support
- That Pesky Thought - I Must Get High
- Drugs Have Made My Life Bearable
- Set Yourself Up for Sobriety Success
- Spoiler Alert 1 in 4 Make It
- Beyond the Opioid Detox: 6 Ways to Reboot Your Body’s Energy
- Restoring Energy After Opioid Withdrawal
- Heroin and Other Opiates are Very Powerful Emotional Pain Killers
- Changing Behavior To Stop Opioid Use
- PART 5: What Feels Better Than Heroin?
- Low Energy After Opioid Withdrawal: What You Need To Know
- PART 4: Make Not Drinking Easy
- PART 3: Cravings and Forming Habits
- 5 Ways to Boost Energy After Opioid Withdrawal
- Is It Safe To Detox Off Opioids While Coronavirus Is Spreading?
- Sobriety Slogans to Help You During COVID-19
- Finding Courage for Recovery During COVID-19
- PART 2: Choose Healthy Habits
- PART 1: Alcoholic or Just A Bad Habit?
- Do This 1 Thing to Stay Off Opioids Forever
- Alcohol Use Disorder: Easy to Meet Criteria
- Getting Energy Back After Ending Methadone Use
- Get Clean or Screw It?
- The Connection Between Mental and Physical Pain
- Reframing Thoughts During Coronavirus
- How the Hell do I Stay Sober Now?!
- How Can I Safely Detox Off Opioids During Coronavirus?
- Cravings and the Coronavirus
- Naltrexone Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Man Stops Using Fentanyl During 2020 Pandemic To Save His 80 Year Old Mother
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month
- Is Alcohol Essential During a Pandemic?
- 8 Tips for Continuing Your Recovery During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- What Does It Mean To Hit Rock Bottom?
- 8 Tips for Sober Travel
- Millennial Sobriety
- Who Should You Surround Yourself With in Recovery?
- Recovery: Rewriting Our Stories
- 8 Quotes from Famous People Who Stopped Drinking Like a Boss
- How to Stop Reacting and Start Responding to Create Your Best Life
- Warning: 5 Things You Must Know Before Starting Naltrexone Therapy
- What Trumps the Fear of Stopping Methadone
- The 10 Most Effective Ways To Sabotage Your Recovery
- New Year’s Resolutions and the Reality of January
- Why Neglecting Your Own Care May Be The Worst Thing You Can Do For Your Addicted Child
- Can I Really Be Addicted To Tramadol?
- Why Playing The Victim Card Will Destroy Your Chances For Recovery
2019
- How Can I Get Off These Bloody Pain Medications?
- My Husband Was My Enabler
- The Most Important Thing To Consider When You Relapse
- Should I Date in Early Recovery?
- Mommy’s Little Juice Box
- 18 Holiday (or anytime) Gifts for Those in Recovery
- The Opposite of Addiction is Connection
- Over 60? 3 Great Reasons to Quit Drinking Now
- Get Sober For Christmas
- All I Want For Christmas Is Sobriety
- Self Care for Fast Times
- Holiday Survival Guide: Staying Sober Over The Holidays
- Newly Sober During the Holidays
- 5 Things To Remember If Your Kid Is Using Heroin
- The Power of Gratitude
- Memes as a Recovery Tool
- My Patient’s Most Shameful Secret
- How Important Are The Medical Staff In An Opioid Detox?
- What To Know About Boosting Energy After Stopping Opioid Medication
- How Do I Get Off Methadone?
- Opioids, Tobacco, and Relapse
- The Single Most Important Thing to Know When Detoxing off Opioids, Alcohol, or Benzos
- "I'm A Slave to my Fentanyl Patch"
- Over Sixty, Finally Sober: An Interview With An Alcohol Detox Patient
- The Single Most Terrifying Thing About Admitting You Are Addicted To Opioids
- Hospice Care and an Addiction Treatment Clinic
- Focused Goals Help To Restore Energy After Opioid Detox
- Pain Medicine: Is it Skewing Your Priorities?
- Healing the Brain After Opioid Detox and Withdrawal
- Is Rapid Opioid Detox Really Too Good To Be True?
- Parents' Ultimatum: Stop The Heroin Or Go To Jail
- The Myth of the 'Functioning Alcoholic'
- I'm Addicted But I'm Not An Addict
- Help Me, Please! My Doctor Won't Stop Prescribing Pain Medication
- The Millennial Addict: A Double Serving of Selfish
- If I’m Taking Suboxone®, Can I Really be in Recovery?
- I Think my Coworker May Have an Addiction
- Isn’t Suboxone® Just Trading One Drug for Another?
- You Can End Your Fentanyl Addiction Over This 4th of July Holiday!
- You Have The Choice To Continue Using Heroin
- Great Reasons to Keep Using Opioids
- Overcoming Addiction: An Interview with Dr. Coleman
- Evidence-Based, Medication-Assisted Treatment: Suboxone® or Naltrexone?
- Restoring Energy After Getting Off Opioids
- Questioning Your Beliefs About Substance Use
- How to Avoid Opioid Use Relapse
- The Easiest Way EVER to Get Off Opioids
- Falling in Love with My Pillow (and Other Benefits of Sobriety)
- Why Should I Use Naltrexone After I Get Off Suboxone®?
- A Moral Failing Or A Brain That Needs Healing?
- Curbing the Cravings: Naltrexone and Addiction
- What to Expect When Detoxing from Opioids
- Has Your Drinking Crossed the Line?
- Addiction Kills Connections
- Hopeless To Hopeful – Two Guys and a Year Of Sobriety
- Supporting a Loved One Through Opioid Addiction and Recovery
2018
- Recovery Month 2018
- Anesthesia Detox - Yesterday’s Treatment!
- The Most Important Qualities Your Opioid Detox Facility Should Provide
- Insurance Companies Are Recognizing Our Value
- Top Five Reasons Our Patients Choose Opioid Detox At The Coleman Institute
- How Can I Avoid The Pain of Heroin Withdrawal?
- Buyer Beware – Fentanyl Can Be In Any Street Drugs
- Cocaine Laced with Fentanyl
- 4 Things To Consider Before Stopping Your Benzodiazepine
- Energy After Heroin Detox - And Then Some
- What's the Difference Between Using Naltrexone and Buprenorphine?
- An Overdose Can Be An Opportunity
- The Painful Isolation of Addiction
- How Pain Perpetuates Addiction
- Dual Diagnosis: Addiction and Bipolar Disorder
2017
- Naltrexone: Medication-Assisted Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder
- Towing and Recovery
- The Landmark X:BOT Study Has Now Been Published
- Holiday Detox
- Detox With Compassion and Competence: Fentanyl, Heroin and Methadone
- Staying Sober During The Holidays
- Thanksgiving Detox - The Coleman Way
- 28 Reasons To Use Long-Acting Naltrexone
- How Did We Get Here?
- Rapid Opiate Detox, Accelerated Opiate Detox and Ultra-Rapid Detox
- Rapid Opiate Detox: Too Good To Be True?
- Is Pot Safe?
- Medically-Assisted Treatment for Buprenorphine Use
- Patients Love Our Medically-Assisted Treatment
- How Much Pain Does It Take Before Someone Stops?
- Non-Addictive Medical Treatment for Opioid Dependence
- Medically Assisted Treatment for Opana® Withdrawal
- Roxicodone Detox Treatment
- No One Made Me Come To Treatment
- Staying Comfortable During Alcohol Detox
- The Ecstasy of Detachment
- Changing the Brain after Opioid Detox
- The Water Wheel
- Avoiding Dependency and Addiction if Opiate Painkillers are Prescribed
- Carrots, Garlic, and Mostly Love
- Feeding The Tiger
- The Soul in Hiding
- Bring It Home - Please Spread The Word
- A Drug-Free Dad
- From Anxiety to Peace
2016
- Season's Greetings
- Living in Recovery: A Holiday Survival Guide
- Happiness in Recovery: One Patient's Experience
- When Surgery and Substance Use Disorder Collide
- Access To The Soul
- The Lighthouse
- Success Story: Airport Encounter
- Naltrexone Therapy Might Be The Right Choice
- Escaping Pain With Opiates
- Help for Chronic Pain Patients
- Post-Opioid Detox Peace
- New Suboxone Limits for Physicians
- Medication-Assisted Treatment - MAT
- Online Porn May Damage Teenage Brains
- Expecting Miracles
- The New Fentanyl Epidemic
- Probuphine - A New Buprenorphine Implant
- Dopamine: “The Anticipation Molecule”
- 6 Ways to Keep your Resolution for Sobriety