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Mindfulness and Depression: Learning to Feel Good Again
How Mindfulness can overcome depression, teach us how to ignore unwanted thoughts and help us choose what is healthy for ourselves.
Discover the Value in Adding Spiritual Practices to Recovery
Does spirituality have a place in recovery? Find out how spiritual practices can make a real difference and help us in our sobriety and daily living.
The Benefits of Meditation in Drug Treatment
As addictions professionals recognize and promote the benefits of more holistic programs of recovery, the value of meditation in drug treatment is increasingly recognized and offered as adjunct therapeutic programming in comprehensive drug rehabs.
A Review of the Science Supporting Meditation as a Treatment for Substance Abuse
Can sitting quietly and focusing on mindfulness of breath really help you to manage cravings and overcome relapse as well as other forms of addiction treatment? Read descriptions of a few clinical research studies which show just how well the ancient practice of meditation seems to work as a complementary treatment for substance abuse and addiction.
Mindfulness Meditation – Research Says It Changes Your Brain in Just 8 Weeks
A growing mountain of evidence points to meditation’s effectiveness in controlling and reversing conditions as varied as anxiety and depression to high blood pressure and diabetes, but new research out of Massachusetts General Hospital shows that just 8 weeks of meditation training and practice actually results in physical grey matter changes in the hippocampus.
Why Holistic Alcohol Rehab is Better
No one form of therapy works well for everyone, and that's why the best alcohol rehabs provide a very comprehensive base of treatments, including some that don't at first seem all that related to overcoming addiction...but can help a lot.
Addiction Recovery & Meditation: 8 Ways Meditation Keeps You Sober
If you aren’t meditating already, here are 8 very good reasons for you to consider taking it up. Whether you’re still drinking or using and trying to control yourself, just starting off with treatment or long down that winding and difficult recovery journey, stopping yourself from taking that next drink or line or hit is always going to be a challenge. Fortunately, while you may never be able to erase temptation from your life, you can take some steps to build up your resilience against cravings as you also build up your overall levels of health and happiness.