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I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. ~Albert Einstein

A new study from the University of Wisconsin will test how effectively Mindfulness Meditation – the calm awareness of one’s body and its functions – can be used to treat alcoholism and drug addiction. The need for more treatments is evidenced by the fact that 60 percent of people who conquer their addictions relapse within a year.

“Clearly, there is a need for development of new therapies to help improve outcomes in alcohol dependence and other addictive disorders,” said lead researcher Aleksandra Zgierska.

Zgierska said meditation seems like a perfect therapy to fill this need, especially because similar treatments are proven to be effective in countering the triggers of addiction relapse.
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