5 Things To Remember If Your Kid Is Using Heroin
by The Coleman Institute | Nov 19, 2019
When I started working at the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine many years ago, I was blown away by the parents who were shell-shocked to learn that their children—their high achieving, athletic, award-winning, popular, beloved children—were addicted to heroin....
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...
Addiction Kills Connections
by The Coleman Institute | Feb 19, 2019
I had a conversation with my 30-year-old daughter the other evening. I said some things that she thought were entertaining and she decided she needed to start a reverse baby-book for me, writing down things I say that she thinks are funny. (When they were little, I...We Can Help
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Blog Archive
2020
- 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
- Heroin and Other Opiates are Very Powerful Emotional Pain Killers
- Changing Behavior To Stop Opioid Use
- PART 5: What Feels Better Than Heroin?
- Can I Use Kratom To Detox Off 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
- Switching from Suboxone® to Naltrexone
- Alcohol Use Disorder: Easy to Meet Criteria
- Getting Energy Back After Ending Methadone Use
- The Easiest and Fastest Way to Detox Off Opioids
- 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?
- Getting Off Opiates Quickly
- What To Know About Boosting Energy After Stopping Opioid Medication
- How Do I Get Off Methadone?
- There Are Alternatives to Using Suboxone to Stop Pain Medications and Withdrawal
- 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!
- Restoring Energy After Opioid Withdrawal
- You Have The Choice To Continue Using Heroin
- My Doctor Refuses To Prescribe My Pain Medication!
- 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