They are loving kindness to all you meet, compassion for those who are suffering, joy for others without envy, and equanimity or a peaceful, evenly balanced attitude towards the ups and downs of life. But it is understood that this mindfulness is to extend to daily life as well. It becomes a way of developing a fuller, richer awareness of life, and a deterent to our tendency to sleepwalk our way through life. This is because anything that makes you less than fully aware sends you in the opposite direction of improvement into deeper ignorance. But there are other things besides drugs that dimish consciousness.
Some people try to avoid life by disappearing into food or sexuality.
Others disappear into work, mindless routine, or rigid, self-created rituals. Drowning oneself in entertainment is one of today's favorite substitutes for heroin. I think that modern media, especially television, make it very difficult to maintain our balance. Shopping has itself become a way of avoiding life. Worst of all is the blending of materiality with entertainment.