To heal addiction, you have to go back to the startDr Gabor Mat is one of the worlds 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 awardwinning modern classic, Gabor Mat takes a holistic and compassionate approach to addiction, whether to alcohol, drugs, sex, money or anything selfdestructive. He presents it not as a discrete phenomenon confined to a weakwilled 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 cuttingedge research from around the world, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts avoids glib selfhelp remedies, instead promoting selfunderstanding as the first key to healing and wellness. Blending personal stories and science with positive solutions, and written in spellbinding prose, it is a mustread that will change how you see yourself, others and the world.10th anniversary edition, updated with new chapter on the Opioid crisis | Gabor Mate In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts : Close Encounters with Addiction
