Things to Do to Relieve Stress and Anxiety Without Meds
Therapies for anxiety and stress reduction without medications
Recovery process from any addiction can be difficult and cause general anxiety disorder. A variety of therapies can help assist you to reduce stress. These therapies include: acupuncture, meditation, group therapy, one on one clinical counseling therapy.
Acupuncture therapy can be one avenue to help release tension. It can also help lower blood pressure and pain, in addition to generalized anxiety. The needles that the acupuncturist sticks around the exterior of your body, are to target certain organs and as well as the nervous system. There are charts you can look at to better understand these acupressure points all over the body. If needles cause trauma, then you should not use thing kind of therapy right away. You can also try mediation, alone or in a group.
Meditation can be calming. It is perfect if you have an empty room, can roll out a mat, maybe even having some candles and incense. It can involve light music of drumming, waterfalls, or other sounds that are soothing. Better yet, take a mat outside, sit down, and listen to birds and other nature sounds. Deep breathing, focus, and your own healing mantra sayings can be insightful, and overall helpful. There are clinics or centers that you can do this with a group, but it might just be more peaceful for you to accomplish a Zen feeling on your own. Learning how to mediate takes time, practice and patience, but can be an enormous help.
In addition to acupuncture or meditation, you can have talking therapy. Typically, group clinical or non-clinical sessions are available in most towns and major cities. There may be a small fee and some are free. Even if there is only an AA type of meeting, it may help to share personal addiction stories, fears and anxieties about the future of your life, with other people who have experience similar situations. Most of the time, these groups are orchestrated by a social worker or clinical counselor. If you are embarrassed, consider talking to a clinical counselor privately.
Talking is healing, if you are in a group or not. Use medical professionals to your advantage, but always search for people who have many years of experience, read their backgrounds to find a suited person for you. Sometimes a combination of two of these therapies can help you become less stressed and anxiety ridden during recovery from substance abuse and addiction.
