Mindful meditation produces a healthy altered state of consciousness for those with addiction issues

In a large clinical trial recently published in Science Advances, Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) was shown to reduce opioid misuse by 45%, more than doubling the effect of standard therapy.

Study participants in the MORE group learned to practice mindfulness meditation by focusing their attention on their breath or body sensations for sustained periods of time and refocusing their attention when their minds began to wander into obsessive thinking about drugs or life stressors. https://neurosciencenews.com/mindfulness-addiction-21699/