"I grew up in Elkhart, Indiana, where I spent my childhood playing sports, hanging out with friends, and doing well academically. I graduated in 2015 with a BS in Business Management from Indiana University. Despite outward success, I had been abusing drugs and alcohol since middle school, a habit I developed to escape emotions I didn’t know how to handle," Pat Smith says.
"I began meditating and listening to personal development podcasts like Lewis Howes and Ed Mylett. Slowly, meditation became a habit, helping me manage my emotions better. I shifted my focus from external appearances to internal growth, finding a new purpose in improving my overall well-being."
Depending on the type of addiction.... support is essential. Opiate, meth, cocaine, and alcohol addiction are monsters...and for most sadly... meditation just would not be enough. I find that meditation and some other kinds of constructive positive activity is helpful after some time in sobriety, when the mind and body have adjusted to not having the substance altering their mind, and the usual depression and other withdrawal symptoms afterwords. Addiction is all consuming...and why many self-medicate for mental issues... if the ocean were alcohol or your drug of choice....it would never be enough.
Immediate therapy and group support are often most effective in the initial stages of sobriety, and to deal with the mental injury from abuse, depression, abandonment issues, trauma like PTSD and CPTSD, etc.... And non-addictive meds. prescribed by a doctor to deal with certain mental maladies can also benefit some, as in the case of bipolar and schizophrenia...it's essential.
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