{"id":2649,"date":"2018-12-12T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2018-12-12T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T16:55:46","slug":"the-grant-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\/the-grant-study\/","title":{"rendered":"#30 The Grant Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><div class=\"contained\"><div><div><\/div><div class=\"content\"><h1>#30 The Grant Study<\/h1><a href=\"#recoveryModal\" class=\"btn submit\" data-toggle=\"modal\">Reach out now, we can help<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header><div id=\"crumbs\" class=\"contained\" data-is-podcasts=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssdev.co.za\/crossroads-old\">Home<\/a>  \/  <\/div><h3 class='article-title'>#30 The Grant Study<\/h3><div class='info'><span>12 December, 2018<\/span><span>Podcasts, News<\/span><\/div>\n<p>THE GRANT STUDY<br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/543947136&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br>\nWhen looking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grant_Study\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Grant Study<\/a>, one of the longest <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Eman_Vaillant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multi-generational<\/a> studies done, a few facts stand out immediately. That&rsquo;s the basis of this podcast, along with about 5 other studies along the same lines to back it up. What is of particular importance is how glaring problems with alcohol are. Add smoking to this and you have two of the biggest causes of premature illness and death.<\/p>\n<p>Many people try to quite smoking and replace it with overeating. Its just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellmind.com\/to-maintain-abstinence-avoid-substituting-addictions-69439\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">swapping<\/a> one addiction with another. People don&rsquo;t actually gain weight when they stop smoking, they<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4797944\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> substitute<\/a>. There is a good comparison to be made between quiting smoking, changing your diet or giving up alcohol and drugs. Tackling any one of these can be hard work, with sketchy out comes.<\/p>\n<p>If your lifelong quest is happiness, take a listen. 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