Camera Raw changes

Today I was confronted with a new release in Photoshop where Camera Raw took over my workflow. All tools are arranged differently distorting my workflow. Not only do I have to learn anew I seem to need to make a copy of my RAW file in to prevent I can no longer see it. In my workflow I save the worked file in another place and then close the RAW file. I know rhe original RAW file reappeares when you delete the xmp file, but I will be able to make different edits without visually changing the original.