geographical

jee-uh-GRAF-i-kuhl

meaning in plain English

A move to a new place that a person hopes will help them stop an addiction.

Think a geographical fresh start: moving somewhere new hoping the change helps you quit the habit.

for example

His geographical to a small coastal village finally helped him give up drinking.

Imagine you keep trying to quit a habit and it never works, so you pack up and move far away. That whole move is called a geographical because the change of location is meant to break the old pattern.