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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

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Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
The question is not why the addiction, but why the pain.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
The first step toward change is the recognition that the problem is inside us.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
What we perceive as the present is the vivid fringe of memory tinged with anticipation.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
In every instance of an addictive behaviour pattern there is some fundamental pain that the addict will experience unless he or she uses the addictive behaviour to ward it off.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
The fact is that nothing can make us feel inferior without our own consent; we are the ones who make that decision.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Passive acceptance of suffering guarantees that the shadow aspects of it will move underground, ultimately to resurface as unconsciously motivated and destructive behaviour.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Addiction floods in where self-knowledge — and therefore divine knowledge — are missing.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
There is something important to be learned from the first unsatisfactory adventure of virtually every heroin addict... that you must not place the want of drugs at the forefront of your mind.Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction