Mind over Matter: How Mindfulness Training Can Overcome Pain Pill Addiction

Opioid addiction is one of the most difficult addictions to overcome, but a new approach may prove to help patients suffering from dependency. Through mental training, doctors are working to help patients recognize craving behaviors and experience greater pleasure in everyday experiences. Eric L. Garland, Ph.D, describes how University of Utah psychotherapists are using ‘mindfulness’ techniques to retrain the brain against pain pill addiction.