In the realm of hungry ghosts : close encounters with addiction
In this timely and profoundly original book, writer and physician Gabor Maté looks at the epidemic of various addictions in our society, tells us why we are so prone to them and outlines what is needed to liberate ourselves from their hold. Starting with a dramatically close view of Maté's drug addicted patients, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts weaves in stories of real people while providing a bold synthesis of clinical experience, insight and cutting-edge scientific findings. A haunting, compassionate and deeply personal examination of the nature of addiction.
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Physical Description
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465 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Publisher Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "With a new introduction by the author"--Cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The only home he's ever had -- The lethal hold of drugs -- The keys of paradise -- You wouldn't believe my life story -- Angelas grandfather -- Pregnancy journal -- Beethoven's birth room -- There's got to be some light -- Takes one to know one -- Twelve step journal -- What is addiction? -- From Vietnam to "Rat Park" -- A different state of the brain -- Through a needle, a warm soft hug -- Cocaine, copamine and candy bars -- Like a child not released -- Their brains never had a chance -- Trauma, stress and the biology of addiction -- Its not in the genes -- "A void I'll do anything to avoid" -- Too much time on external things -- Poor substitutes for love -- Dislocation and the social roots of addiction -- Know thine enemy -- Freedom of choice and the choice of freedom -- Imagining an enlightened social policy on drugs -- A necessary small step: harm reduction -- The power of compassionate curiosity -- The internal climate -- The four steps, plus one -- Sobriety and the external Milieu -- A word to families, friends and caregivers -- There is nothing lost. |