What are the benefits of meditation in drug treatment?
Meditation allows for a greater self awareness, a greater connection with internal spirituality and a greater internal peace in life. When a truly blank and meditative state of mind is achieved, memories, emotions and behaviors can be examined introspectively and objectively. Through meditative introspection, recovering addicts often come to a better understanding of the things in life that cause them to abuse drugs or alcohol, and to better understand what they need to do to maintain an avoidance of substance use and abuse. Meditative awareness also illustrates the true destruction of substance use and abuse, and does not allow for any denial of self inflicted harms. Many people report that through meditation they have achieved, or reawakened, a greater sense of spiritual connection. Although meditation as performed in most drug treatment environments in inherently non religious, the process often awakens spiritual sensations and beliefs. Through an analytic and unemotional awareness
