Per outlets such as Oprah’s Master Class, James Taylor has discussed how he put addiction behind him. It was the mindset of wanting to get better in the first place that Taylor largely credits to his recovery, which was a difficult process as the withdrawals took their toll, as they do in many. For him, one of the biggest aids in overcoming them was shifting away from methadone treatments, which had gone from a heroin treatment to a major source of addiction in and of itself, to intense physical/aerobic exercise.
According to MedMark, this is not only healthy for people in general, but recovering addicts can improve their ability to avoid relapsing since it helps speed up the healing of neural damage as well as improve heart and lung health. Taylor has said that exercise helps distract him from the “agitation and anxiety” that his withdrawals can generate, allowing him to avoid renewed drug and alcohol use (via Men’s Journal).
