Many of you aren’t addicts. You are physically dependent on prescription pain killers but you don’t take them for the “high”. You take them to “feel normal” and to help treat pain that was once there but now has been replaced by a mirage that feels like pain. And now...

I want to talk a little bit more about the Top 10 Reasons To Quit Pain Killers because they really are the main tenets of the site. I don’t go into much detail about each one on the main page because it’s a list…lists are supposed to be short. So here’s the first in a series if...

Before quitting pain killers, I can’t tell you how many times I would say to my self “You know, something’s gotta give.” I suppose that’s just another way of praying for “bottom” to arrive so that it would forcibly pluck me from the ongoing cycle of my obsession...

Of course I get a lot of emails. I get emails from a multitude of folks from every state, every profession and demographic. In fact I get some emails that range from the simple “Does it work?” to the sublime “THE ROOF TOP IS LATE ON THE SALAD!” However, without question the one...

When you think about quitting pain killers a lot of scary things cross one’s mind. One of the scariest things about the prospect of quitting painkillers is what to do with all of that time. You know, all the time spent: being high, getting prescriptions filled, going to doctors appointments to...

I’ve been really surprised at the significant amount of husbands, wives, parents, sisters and friends of people who have gotten stuck in the opiate addiction cycle that have come to Withdrawal-Ease for help. They all want the same thing; they want their loved ones back. And they’ll do almost...

If you have been reading my blogs or have read some of the earlier ones, it’s easy to surmise that although my credo is “anything that works” as far as quitting pain killers. However, I’m human and just like anybody else, I have my biases. I try not to let them seep through in...

Reason #4: “Your Children Know and They’re Concerned” This reason is titled incorrectly because it could easily be a family member or a friend who “knows” and is “concerned.” On the “Top Ten Reasons To Quit Pain Killers” page here on this site, I...

Julian M.: Can you tell me how long it takes to get addicted to pain killers? What should I look for as far as behavior etc. etc. to know that I (or someone else ) am addicted Dr. Earthman: There is not a definite answer as to how long it takes to get addicted to pain killers.  First, you must understand...

Hi everyone. We have been meaning to start a message board here due to the immense amount of questions that we get for both Dr. Earthman and myself. Keep them coming. However, as a good preemptive step, we’ve started a new group on Google called “Pain Killers Anonymous”. It’s...