We hear a lot about meditation and prayer in 12-step communities. Few people are comfortable with meditation and fewer still practice it in a formal manner. Some in long-term abstinence have become familiar with meditation as a means of quieting their busy mind and find meditation very helpful. What is not discussed in meetings are the many ways that meditation benefits recovery for those with addictions.
Western culture is unfamiliar with these practices and promotes the daily insanity of multitasking and multifunctioning, to the tune that our healthcare services are overwhelmed in caring for those who live too fast, are continuously stressed out, and are suffering the ills of fast-paced lifestyles with diseases such as heart ailments, digestive disorders, obesity, diabetes, panic attacks and anxiety disorders, depression, many forms of addiction, and cancers of many types. All of these diseases are just that
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