![]() ![]() Simply by changing their environment, they were able to change their habits. In other words, approximately 9 out of 10 soldiers who used heroin in Vietnam eliminated their addiction nearly overnight. However, researchers found that when the heroin users returned home, only 5% of them returned to their heroin use during their first year back home and just 12% relapsed within three years. This troubling discovery led to a flurry of activity in Washington under President Nixon to promote prevention and rehabilitation, to build clinics, train therapists, and to track addicted service members when they returned home - in short, to do everything possible to help soldiers returning from Vietnam. ![]() In the 1970s, a study revealed that 35% of service members in Vietnam had tried heroin and as many as 20% were addicted. Are there some changes you need to make in your life? James Clear, in his bestselling book, “Atomic Habits,” shares a study that shows how changing our personal environment can help us change our lives. ![]()
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