This is the last blog in a 3 part series on Mindfulness and Addiction. This one is all about getting our hands dirty in practice …
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Mickey
2:18 am on
February 18th, 2009As an addiction counselor, I have found this series on Mindfulness and Addiction extremely useful. I am currently incorporating mindfulness into my “Living Skills” group. Unfortunately, because mindfulness is a newer concept in the field (many of my clients have been through multiple programs), I have run into a lot of client resistance to the idea; I am hoping that, as I keep at it, my ability to engage the clients with the concept will improve. Please keep posting tools and tips that can be incorporated into addiction treatment!
Cheers,
-Mickey
Vasant k Chhetri
7:46 pm on
April 10th, 2009Hi,
My name is Vasant, and I’m from Nepal. I have problems with masturbation with pornography addiction and i’m also addicted with nicotine. I’v read a lot of articals related with mindfulness and its use in addictions. Currently I’m trying my best to use mindfulness to help my addictions.Surely I’ve started to see some changes,but the changes are very very mild. I’m starting to realise that this technique helps an individual to be with those gloomy thoughts and feelings that act as a trigger to perform those cumpulsive acts.
I went through your blogs, and by reading such blogs it gives me courage and inspiration to continue with my mindfulness practices.Thankyou so much for this blog,as it added an extra dimension to my practice, and to my patience to continue with my paractice. I hope it’l be of great help to many others who suffer from such addictions.Let there be peace on earth and let there be no addictions, “ADDICTIONS ARE HELL”.
Helen
7:33 pm on
April 20th, 2009Not being an expert in these fields. I am at a total loss. I would like to read on this subject-any books to recommend? Re: Cigarette Addict.
Thanks!
I find this tips very useful, never thought that imagination and breathing techniques would help much, but your ideas here looks definitely worth trying, thx!
ThelmaNancy Greene
10:27 am on
February 9th, 2012Thank you for sharing your expertise concerning the matter of Urge Surfing. At the moment I am a veteran of the United States Army that is enrolled in a class called Introduction to Core Mindfulness Skill: Taking control of your thoughts and attention taught by Denise Fragoza at the Providence, RI Veterans Hospital.
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