Improving an Addict’s Quality of Life Through Sport for Their Recovery Process
In the addiction recovery process, contributing to improving the individual’s quality of life is a clear objective. The practice of physical activities is recommended by medical specialists and physical activity and sport professionals. Provided it is appropriate for each case. The specific characteristics of a physical activity, when designed and implemented in a personalized manner, significantly influence physical, intellectual, and socialization capacities.
With addictions in general, and even more acutely in drug dependence, a person’s normal balance and health are deteriorated. The presence of physical and psychological disorders and dysfunctions resulting from consumption is common. These occur in parallel with the loss of healthy habits. The person’s daily life and the person themselves are profoundly and severely disorganized.
It is within the context of a treatment addressing this disorganization that actions are planned. These aim to assist with the physical and psychological sequelae derived from personal history, and to recover interests, skills, and healthy habits. These conditions also make consumption control easier. In the 21st century, we are aware that regular exercise maintains and improves well-being. And its contribution gains even more value in the addiction rehabilitation process.
Regular sport practice contributes to abandoning unhealthy habits and promotes changes in people’s lifestyles. This brings physical and physiological benefits, as well as psychological and social ones. Gradually, the positive effects on the individual’s improvement become evident.
Physical activity directly impacts the body, and the result affects the person as a whole. Its benefits are currently recognized and endorsed by experts in medicine, sociology, psychology, and sport. And, in reality, it is nothing new: Mens sana in corpore sano. A healthy mind in a healthy body.
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