In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Name: In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Gabor Mate
ISBN: 9781556438806

Gabor Mate • 2008

Devastation Rating

Ugly Crying

addiction psychology trauma compassion

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Mate works with addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and argues that addiction is not a choice but a response to trauma — the brain's desperate attempt to solve a pain it cannot name. His compassion is ferocious and his science is rigorous.

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► Addiction Memoirs — The Spiral, The Bottom, The Aftermath ► More Addiction Memoirs — Every Rock Bottom Has a Basement ► Trauma — The Science and the Story

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