The Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine Blog
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Oct 20
October 20, 2020
How Do I Know It’s Safe to Stop Drinking Alcohol?
People in true recovery — beyond the physical act of not drinking or using, and in true emotional recovery — are easy people to be around. In the greatest of paradoxes, they, the wounded healers, have found strength through their weakness. They have learned wisdom not from doing it right, but from doing it wrong. (more…)
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Sep 20
September 22, 2020
Addiction, Family, and Recovery
As a clinician, when first meeting a patient I am very interested to learn about their family and relationships. For some, sadly, they may have exhausted all ties to family and their relationships may be slim to non-existent. (more…)
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Sep 20
September 16, 2020
Why Do I Need To Change?
I am NOT the problem! Our family is NOT the problem, it’s he/she who is actively bringing addiction into this family! (more…)
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Sep 20
September 1, 2020
Energy After Quitting Suboxone®
Benny called the office a few days ago to discuss refills for sleep medication.
Three months earlier he detoxed at the Coleman Institute for Addiction Medicine after 8 years of taking Suboxone® for an opioid use disorder. Prior to being prescribed Suboxone®, Benny had a bad pill habit and was close to using heroin. (He was using pills when it was still much easier and safer to buy them on the street.)
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Aug 20
August 18, 2020
A Sobering Experience
I just returned home from a “virtual” first oncology appointment with a friend. In the midst of the international COVID crisis, my friend now has to deal with the fact that her time on this planet is limited. She is confronted with that “if you had one year to live” scenario.
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