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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
- Close Encounters with Addiction
- Narrated by: Daniel Maté
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté, read by Daniel Maté.
To heal addiction, you have to go back to the start...
Dr Gabor Maté is one of the world's most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings - based on decades of work with patients challenged by catastrophic drug addiction and mental illness - are reframing how we view all human development.
In this award-winning modern classic, Gabor Maté takes a holistic and compassionate approach to addiction, whether to alcohol, drugs, sex, money or anything self-destructive. He presents it not as a discrete phenomenon confined to a weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs through (and even underpins) our society; not as a medical 'condition', but rather the result of a complex interplay of personal history, emotional development and brain chemistry.
Distilling cutting-edge research from around the world, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness. Blending personal stories and science with positive solutions, and written in spellbinding prose, it is a must-read that will change how you see yourself, others and the world.
10th anniversary edition, updated with new chapter on the Opiod crisis
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-12-22
A Life Changer...
This is a must listen book for people who are working to get their life together...
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- Darshan
- 03-06-21
Holistic!
Dr Maté s perspective on addiction is an essential read for anyone who works with/ lives with/ has been struggling with addiction. He draws parallel from his own behavioral addiction to records and explains his guilt and shame which makes readers who don't take any drug also understand an addict's perspective.
Apart from abit of stretch in the middle chapters, rest of them go smoothly!
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- Ash
- 17-04-22
the drug education that everyone needs
“He has risen through depths of dispair (that) most of the society that ostracizes him cannot begin to fathom. And there’s still spirit in him that wants to contribute, to create meaning, to affirm life. I don’t know if his future will see that spirit manifested in action. But its very existence is a miracle.”
This book is the drug education that everyone needs. Maté combines scientific research, case studies, and personal experiences to inform us of the things we need to know about addition.
Through research studies, statistics, and patient stories he shines light on the nature of addiction with respect to prenatal care, development in the early years of life, relationship with caregivers, PTSD in adults, abuse, AD(H)D, stress, etc.
While his work with drug addiction and mental illness was in palliative care, in the case of eating disorders and behavioral addictions, Maté’s detailed information helps one understand the self and the addiction. It gives us multiple guideposts for helping ourselves.
(My favorite: Begin telling the truth. If you are not ready to drop the behavior, choose it openly. Tell your spouse or friends what you are doing. Keep it in the daylight. At the very least do not compound your inner shame by lying. Better you should look bad in the eyes of others than to sink further in your own estimation of yourself.)
And multiple notes for the family and friends. Like: “The belief that anyone should be any different than he or she is is toxic to oneself, to the other, and to the relationship. Although we may believe we are acting out of love, when we are critical of others or work very hard to change them, it’s always about ourselves.”
(Dr Maté’s professional experience includes drug addiction and mental illness palliative care in Vancouver’s Downtown EastSide.)
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