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A 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Advancing the science of addiction \u2014 and the consciousness behind recovery.<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The Conscious Healing Center studies addiction as a condition of the whole person \u2014 brain, body, and awareness \u2014 so that treatment can finally catch up to the science.<\/p>\n\t\t

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\"Addiction is still treated, more often than not, as a matter of willpower or a checklist of symptoms. We think that's incomplete \u2014 and the incompleteness costs lives.\"<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Research<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Original studies on the neurobiology of craving and relapse, and how contemplative practice measurably changes addictive circuitry.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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We translate findings into training and protocols for clinicians and treatment centers, so evidence reaches the people doing the work.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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A network of people who understand \u2014 support groups, family programs, and volunteer opportunities open to anyone affected by addiction.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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Three questions guide our work right now.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Consciousness & Craving<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

How attention, awareness, and contemplative states shape craving and relapse risk.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Whole-Person Recovery<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Integrating clinical, psychological, and existential dimensions into recovery models that hold up outside the clinic.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Where Treatment Falls Short<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Identifying where standard of-care addiction treatment overlooks the role of meaning and inner experience.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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Help build the evidence base for compassionate, effective addiction care.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Every gift funds studies that don't yet have a home in mainstream research funding.<\/p>\n\t\t

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