61: Dr. Judson Brewer, Using Mindfulness to Beat Addiction

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

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🗓️ 15 February 2017

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Psychiatrist and addiction expert Judson Brewer was researching better treatment options for alcohol and cocaine addiction patients and found, through clinical studies, that meditation could significantly help break these behaviors or "habit loops" and prevent relapses. Brewer, who is now the director of research at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine's Center for Mindfulness, founded a company called Claritas MindSciences, which uses neurofeedback techniques combined with mindfulness exercises for several conditions, from eating disorders to smoking addiction. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:41.2	Dr. Judd Brewer has had a huge impact on my meditation practice in the way I think
1:46.6	about meditation for many years. He's an elite neuroscientist who looks into what the
1:53.6	practice of meditation does to your brain. He's also a psychiatrist with an expertise in
1:58.6	addiction. Interestingly, he's never had a classical addiction.
2:04.3	So that's been a sort of interesting thing to discuss with him given that I've probably
2:08.7	got more experience in that area than he does, but he definitely knows how to treat it.
2:12.8	And he has a new book which is called The Craving Mind which is really good at how they
2:21.0	recommend it. He talks about how we get into these addictive loops even if it's, you
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