Mindfulness practices are used to decrease likelihood to relapse. About 60% of abuser's relapse, but studies have show that can be decreased to 44% with MBRP. 

Mindfulness based relapse prevention in drug and alcohol abusers

-outpatients and inpatients who suffer from drug and alcohol addictions

Wake Forest University

A combination of relapse prevention which is a cognitive behavioral therapy with mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. It is a mindfulness based aftercare approach to prevent those who have suffered from addiction to relapse.

Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention

Bowen, S., Chawla, N., Collins, S. E., Witkiewitz, K., Hsu, S., Grow, J., Clifasefi, S., Garner, M., Douglass, A., Larimer, M. E., & Marlatt, A. (2009). Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorders: a pilot efficacy trial. Substance abuse, 30(4), 295–305. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897070903250084

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