Substance Abuse and Boredom - A Mindful Approach

Boredom plays a significant role in substance abuse. By becoming aware of the causes of boredom, as well as developing a strategy to deal with your boredom hopefully you will be less likely to suffer from addiction. People often turn to substance abuse to deal with their boredom. Dr. Richard Fields of http://www.mysoberlife.com discusses techniques to help deal with boredom using mindfulness. Instead of isolating and turning to drugs and alcohol take a proactive role to overcome your boredom and prevent reliance on drug abuse.

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WOW I'm not as bored as I was

[erikpgun]

Very good presentation. I found it totally useful. Erik

[forestskog]

Short, sharp and excellent. You got me at "maybe you even looked up this video because you were bored" lol. True, but a very good video. I feel like I have come to a similar realization to what you present here.

[DWSmaverick92]

I'll be completely honest like usual and say I smoked weed throughout high school just from boredom

[TheHappyjackster]

That was Really Good...

[todd8137]

interesting thought but the abuse is for one and all

[readyfreddybutter]

love it!!

[Oumiyak]

So true... 5 stars

[WoWCoyote]

In formative and useful. I enjoyed it.