A small experiment shows that mindfulness training exercises may help people who drink large amounts of alcohol. Mindfulness is a method of quietly, but fully, experiencing what is happening in the present, both in and around you. The mindfulness study involved 68 heavy drinkers in the United Kingdom. The subjects were not alcoholics, but they did have more alcohol to drink than most people. Some of the subjects received training in relaxation methods. The other subjects took part in an 11-minute training program in mindfulness exercises. The program was designed to help them recognize their desire for a drink without acting on it. Over the next week, the group that received mindfulness training drank much less than they had during the week before the study started. But the subjects in the relaxation group did not drink much less.
Title: Quick 'Mindfulness' Fix May Lower Alcohol Drinking
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data-start-time='25688' data-end-time='34667'>The mindfulness study involved 68 heavy drinkers in the United Kingdom.</span> <span data-start-time='34667' data-end-time='43729'>The subjects were not alcoholics, but they did have more alcohol to drink than most people.</span> <span data-start-time='43729' data-end-time='50521'>Some of the subjects received training in relaxation methods.</span> <span data-start-time='50521' data-end-time='59729'>The other subjects took part in an 11-minute training program in mindfulness exercises.</span> <span data-start-time='59729' data-end-time='70000'>The program was designed to help them recognize their desire for a drink without acting on it.</span> <span data-start-time='70000' data-end-time='81938'>Over the next week, the group that received mindfulness training drank much less than they had during the week before the study started.</span> <span data-start-time='81938' data-end-time='88667'>But the subjects in the relaxation group did not drink 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