zerothehero

I'm not Scott, but I'll respond to this. There are at least a couple of aspects to this. First, meditation (vipassana, anyway) trains the mind to observe our thoughts and emotions through sustained mindfulness and embodied awareness. We practice nonjudgmental acceptance of our internal and bodily experiences. Second, the more we practice acceptance of self, the more we become accepting of others and of the world as it is.

Tara Brach wrote a book about this called Radical Acceptance. There are talks on youtube by her, as well. Another good read is Ruling Your World by Sakyong Mipham. My paragraph above is greatly simplified and summarized, so I recommend deeper reading an viewing regarding these practices. They've changed my life and helped me to be enthusiastic about embracing life without substances.