Nashville Addiction Recovery Clinic
We Have a Thinking Problem, Not a Drug Problem
When I entered treatment on November 1, 2013 I was convinced that just as soon as my drug problem was solved, all of my problems would be solved. Nothing could have been further from the truth. Not to mention, it took me 7 attempts to get clean, all of which failed until I combined three…
Read MorePain vs. Opioid Withdrawal – Can You Tell the Difference? Part 2 of 2
It only takes a little bit of pain to feel uncomfortable when dealing with possible withdrawal. My first attempt at getting clean was using inpatient recovery, which for me didn’t work. The reason it didn’t work was because I went back to my old environment, my same home, my same habits, and everything snapped back…
Read MoreHow Does Suboxone Work and Why Do Opioid Addicts Need it?
“Suboxone” is the brand-name for Buprenorphine and Naloxone. There are now multiple generic versions of Suboxone available by prescription from a doctor who obtains an X-DEA license or “X-Waiver” as it is often referred. It is this “XDEA Waiver” that allows them to prescribe Suboxone. This is also reason most general practitioners do not prescribe…
Read MoreManaging Addiction Recovery during COVID
2020 was quite the year here in Nashville. We definitely saw an uptick in relapses as well as new people coming into addiction recovery for the very first time. I think most surprising for 2020 was the number of people who were buying Suboxone on the street, some of which had done a pretty good…
Read MoreHow to Stay Clean through the 2020 Holiday Season
Great recovery is something you do all year long. However, the holiday season seems to be a difficult time for many who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. The parties, the celebrations, this was a time when typically I would use more drugs and alcohol then typical. I got clean in December of 2013. Not only…
Read MoreYou are Awesome. You Deserve Awesome Recovery
Did you grow up thinking you deserve to be happy? Deserving of good things and great people in your life? To live with joy and be drug-free? Deserving of feeling loved? Or, did you grow up feeling life has dealt you a bad hand? Feeling like you never seem to get exactly what you want?…
Read MoreGeneric Suboxone Tablets Hit All-Time Low Price of $56 for 56 Tabs – Updated June 9, 2020
Updated June 9, 2020! It wasn’t that long ago that people in need of buprenorphine & naloxone (aka: Suboxone) were required to shell out over $450 for a one month supply of Indivior UK’s patented Suboxone sublingual films. Thankfully, a generic tablet came along and changed all that. In 2017, 56 generic tablets costed roughly…
Read MoreSuboxone Medicines Compared: Suboxone Films, Bunavail, Zubsolv, Subutex, Generic Tablets and Generic Suboxone Films
If you’re new to opioid recovery or even a veteran, then you probably know there’s at least 5 different Suboxone-like medications to choose from along with multiple generic tablets and films. All of these anti-withdrawal medications contain the same two ingredients, buprenorphine and naloxone, except for Subutex which is a buprenorphine-only medication for those who…
Read MoreHow to Easily Save $1000’s in Addiction Recovery
Addiction can destroy a family’s financial stability in no time. Begging, borrowing and stealing money, looking for things to pawn, piling up credit card debt and paycheck loans, etc. Sound familiar? The Financial Facts About Addiction A moderate oxycodone user spends an average $150 to $200 per day buying pills on the street. That’s over…
Read MoreSay Goodbye to Your Drug Addiction – Say Hello to Happiness and Purpose
2019 has been an amazing year at Nashville Suboxone Recovery! Hundreds of of people who’ve been struggling with opioid addiction have gathered the courage to say goodbye to their opioid addiction, and hello to outpatient recovery with Suboxone and personalized therapy. The transformations have been nothing short of miracles. Why Suboxone? Suboxone tells the brain…
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