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Many modern addiction treatment programs include exercise as a part of the therapeutic process because it has been shown to reduce stress and help people in recovery stay clean
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Researcher Given Grant to Further Study Effect of Exercise on Addiction
In a series of experiments over the last three years, Mark Smith, Associate Professor of Psychology at Davidson College, has found that exercise can reduce the desire for cocaine in addicted rats. Now he’s been given a grant of nearly $1 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to further investigate the benefits of exercise at various stages of addiction.
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Excessive Exercise Can Be Addicting; Moderate Exercise May Help Recovering Drug Addicts
Although exercise is essential for a healthy lifestyle, extreme exercise may be physically addicting. New research shows that rats given a drug that produces withdrawal in heroin addicts went into withdrawal after running excessively in exercise wheels. Rats that ran the hardest had the most severe withdrawal symptoms.
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Methods & Tips to Reduce Cravings for Drugs and Alcohol
Recovery from alcohol and drug abuse or addiction is a long and often difficult process. One of the hardest things to overcome is the almost unbearable craving you have to take a drink, use a drug, just to get over or get back to feeling good again. Cravings are incredibly hard to resist and are responsible for many incidents of relapse. But you can overcome cravings for alcohol and drugs. It takes discipline, determination and practice. Here are some tips that can help. Continue Reading
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