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...
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...
To Vaccinate or Not?
Watch Dr. Coleman’s Facebook Live post where he discusses whether To Vaccinate or Not? Here’s a recap. Our Way Out We are entering what many consider to be the 3rd wave of the Covid pandemic. Every day roughly 2000 people are still dying from Covid. In the...
Loving Someone to Death: Supporting Recovery Without Enabling
When we talk about recovery and the interpersonal dynamics that often occur in relationships, “enabling” is the dirty word no one wants to hear. But what is enabling? How do we know when we’re loving someone too much? And once we can recognize it, how do we stop it?...
