Meeting # 15 September 17︱In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction Written by : Dr. Gabor Mat é Meeting date : Sunday September 17, 2023 from 2:00-4:00 pm EST Book description : From street-dwelling drug addicts to high-functioning workaholics, the continuum of addiction cuts a wide and painful swath through our culture. Blending first-person accounts, riveting case studies, cutting-edge research and passionate argument, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (available for order in Canadian and U.S. editions. UK Edition: Out October 2018) takes a panoramic yet highly intimate look at this widespread and perplexing human ailment. Countering prevailing notions of addiction as either a genetic disease or an individual moral failure, Dr. Gabor Maté presents an eloquent case that addiction – all addiction – is in fact a case of human development gone askew. Dr. Maté, who for twelve years practiced medicine in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside – North A...