Role of Yoga Practices in the Management of Drug Abuser

Drug addiction has been a severe problem in India in the past several decades affecting not just a person who is drug addict and his family but many segments of society. There are number of causes for taking drugs such, for fun, stress, family factor, peer pressure etc. Many medications are easily available in the markets which are legal and some are not easily available since they are unlawful. A person starts abusing the drugs because after using it, he starts feeling wonderful and worry free and then he gets addicted to it. There are different treatments which are crucial for ending the cycle of addiction. As addiction is a chronic disease it requires long time therapy and recovery, and it is not easy for a drug addict to refrain from the drug. But along with all other approaches that are accessible for the treatments of drug abusers, Yoga practices play very vital part. Yoga assists in reducing stress, avoids relapse, and lowers symptoms of withdrawal and drug appetite. With help of this paper, researcher is trying to describe the importance of yoga and meditation in the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts, which help the drug addicts to come out of this trauma of addiction and that helps them to start their own life in some new version with the rehabilitation. To reach up to the goal researcher is utilizing secondary method.