Mindful Meditation



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Can you recover from additions through meditation?

My partner battles 2 addictions: sex (100s of mags and videos stashed away in the attic) and shopping (finished paying off a 6-figure cc debt). He has since discovered meditation and practises it for an hour a day. It seems to help. He has become “mindful” of his actions. My concern related to the benefits of a 12-step program in conjunction with meditation. You see… both of his addictions are something that he conducts with secrecy, especially from me. Isn’t it important that he actually goes to a 12-step and says the words out loud “I am a sex addict,” to others and depend on the group for guidance when he is feeling weak? Otherwise, he only has a non-accountable method of managing his urges. So, is meditation enough? I’m so tired of the lying…. Any advice/

…..Yes, meditation can be helpful when recovering from addiction. Making these changes can be stressful, and meditation can be calming, refreshing.

But I just can’t imagine that it can, by itself, enable a person to recover from any kind of addiction. You see, there is an ingrained behavior pattern. That means neurons have grown together in a physical neural pathway in the brain to enable the automatic addiction behavior. That’s why it’s so hard to change. It will take a lot of work to establish a new pattern. It’s not realistic to think that meditation is anywhere close to enough to do that.

My concern is that it may be an excuse for not doing the real tough work it will take. Meditation is easy and pleasant, and it may be that it allows him to say “I’m working on it,” when in reality he’s avoiding the tough work.

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