Mindful Meditation on Alcohol Addiction

Mindfulness meditation is a state in which a person pays attention to their internal and external experience as it unfolds in the present moment, without judgment.

Meditation has an effect on the functioning of the brain, it leads to more intense cerebral activation of the para-limbic areas, linked to the autonomic nervous system, that is to say automatic and non-voluntary and to interoception, or perception bodily sensations. There are different practices/ methods or techniques based on mindfulness, among which we cite Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Dialectiacal Therapy (DBT), Therapy of and Engagement (ACT) and Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP).

Patients who successfully completed the mindfulness-based programs including MBRP found themselves able to resist craving by acquiring the skill of looking at that temptation to give in or the urge without succumbing.

Author(s): Ntalaja Kabuayi Philippe, Yannick Ntantu Busa, Kasongo Christan, Salambo Mabila Antoine, Gerard Kongolo Wa Nzambi, Kibokela Dalida Ndembe, Tshangala Kavula Yves, Joseph Tshitoko and Banzulu Degani

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