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From bestselling author Gabor Maté, the essential resource forunderstanding the roots and behaviors of addiction–now with an addedintroduction by the author.

Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreakingwork with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach.Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunateor weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout (and perhaps underpins)our society; not a medical “condition” distinct from the lives it affects, ratherthe result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional, and neurologicaldevelopment, brain chemistry, and the drugs (and behaviors) of addiction. Simplifyinga wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, thebook avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionateself-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness.

In the Realm of HungryGhosts argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justicepolicies toward addiction and those impacted by it. The mix of personal stories—includingthe author’s candid discussion of his own “high-status” addictive tendencies—andscience with positive solutions makes the book equally useful for lay readers andprofessionals.